From December 7 to 12, 2010 -
By Olivier
For the first time, now that much technical work to be performed on Jangada is behind us, we left every four camping with our Land-Rover to explore the coast for a few days western and far northern North Island.
go, we leave the asphalt for runways, and sand ... And
on Ninety Mile Beach, a beach some 80 km long, New Zealanders, yet very eco-friendly, and the Department of Conservation, omnipresent, not see nothing wrong with what we were driving next wave of the foreshore ... Flexibility of the spirit of New Zealand: pragmatism, not dogmatism. Beautiful country ...
For a bit you settle in well, us. Life seems pleasant.
Olivier
the camp. A children's tent, one for parents. A table, 2 benches, 2 folding chairs, a cooler, a stove. And away!
Early wake up to birdsong ...
In the Waipoua Forest, we find the largest kauri in New Zealand, towering trees and majestic.
A giant kauri, whose trunk measures nearly 16 meters in circumference ...
the middle of kauri in the Waipoua Forest on the west coast ...
Tane Mahuta, the lord of the forest, about 5 meters in diameter ...
At the foot of Tane Mahuta, the largest tree in NZ, looking at me from atop its 15 centuries ...
Barbara and Adelie dune fields to the west coast.
Barbara and Oliver, to the Tasman Sea (New Zealand, West Coast) ...
Sahara ... no! New Zealand, close to Shipwreck's Bay on the west coast ...
Adelie full speed down the dunes ...
the village of Ahipara, Ninety Mile Beach is attacked V8 Land Rover, 80 km of unbroken beach!
A 90 kmh on Ninety Mile Beach! We are alone in the world ...
Driving for Marin, 13, on the vast beach. Only danger, gulls ...
Ninety Mile Beach that is only 50 to our counter, but that's not bad. We took a break ...
semi-wild horses, near Ninety Mile Beach ...
Many penguins are dying on the beach at Ninety Mile Beach, why, mystery ...
Cape Reinga, the northernmost of New Zealand, separates the Pacific waters from those of the Tasman Sea. In Maori belief ...
... the soul of the dead flat first on Ninety Mile Beach, then down into the sea by the roots of pohutukawa, right from the rock ...
... a tree identical to this one, but that never blooms ...
Far North ...
A Matouri Bay on the east coast, a monument commemorates the Rainbow Warrior ...
... the Greenpeace ship sunk in 1985 in Auckland Harbour by French secret service. Nice shot, which cost us dear ...!!!
At Kerikeri, east coast, the two oldest houses in New Zealand stone left, woods on the right ...
The Captain put bag on the ground for some time, but sometimes he thinks the way back, waiting for us ...
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