Traveled from Napier to Gisborne to East Cape to Mt Maunganui this week.
Then came back to Taupo for a weekend conference
at Koinonia Institute called "Leadership for the End Times."
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| Lamb at McDonalds |
They just introduced lamb at McDonalds
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| Largest Pohutukawa Tree (NZ Christmas Tree) |
The
Pohutukawa Tree blossoms in December so they call it the NZ Christmas Tree. The largest one is located near East Cape.
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| Cows roaming freely near East Cape |
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| Horses roaming freely near East Cape |
Cows and sheep are always walking along the road. There were quite a few near East Cape.
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| East Cape looking at Whangaokena (East Island) |
We went to the East Cape Lighthouse. Beautiful view. It used to be on the island behind us, but due to some crashes and deaths, they moved it to it where it stands now.
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| Waterfall in Whakatane |
Lots of mountains = Lots of Waterfalls.
Wairere Waterfall is in downtown
Whakatane and is where
Moa use to roam.
KIWI 360 is located in Te Puke - Kiwi Capital of the World! Learned that Kiwi are super hard and sit in storage for over 9 months before being shipped.
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| Kiwi Vines (Not Trees or Plants or Bushes) |
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| Just thought this sounded funny |
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| Z climbing on Moturiki Island |
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| Hannah climbing on Moturiki Island |
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| Moturiki Island (long one) viewed from Mt Manganui - Good Hike |
We drove to the town of
Mt. Maunganui. We explored Moturiki Island and climbed Mt. Maunganui. There were oysters in the soil way up the mountain ...hmmm.
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