February 18, 2017, Saturday:
As stated inward the previous intro post, I had arrived at midnight February 17th/in the early on hours of February 18th in addition to needed to larn picked upward past times out hotel shuttle. We had decided to remain close the drome every bit our computer program was to caput out to Rotorua early on morning the adjacent day. We wanted a day's residual before hitting the roads on a long trip... for our security every bit good every bit that of others on the road! Jet lagged/tired drivers are dangerous on the roads!
AUCKLAND AIRPORT HOTEL:
The hotel Oakwood Manor had given a tollfree issue in addition to I had planned to role the courtesy phones at the drome i-site. The drome website states that the i-site at international terminal is opened upward 24/7. In reality it was closed when I arrived at midnight, opening hours are from 6 am. The iii phones in that location did non work... a dyad of immature girls came past times in addition to at my request, tried he phones, it did non operate for them either. I requested them to telephone telephone the issue for me on their telephone proverb it's a gratuitous number. They obliged in addition to I was able to telephone telephone the hotel. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 gustation of friendly Kiwis correct in that location … which would attain inward our trip.
There were several travelers waiting at that gate xi for pickups in addition to mine came too. After banking concern correspond in, I slept off. Son landed at 6am, after passport control, had the same consequence amongst the gratuitous phones at the i-site. The i-site was opened upward when he came inward in addition to the sort lady dialled the hotel issue for him on the official phone. He bought some yogurt-fruit parfait materials at the drome eatery upstairs for our breakfast in addition to reached the hotel past times seven am. We slept for some other iii hours in addition to woke upward when our alert went off.
Car rental pickup:
Our Apex auto rental drome pickup was close the airport, nosotros needed to pickup the auto whatever fourth dimension after 11am thence that nosotros tin terminate receive got an early on start to Rotorua the adjacent day. The rental opens at 7.30am in addition to nosotros did non desire to hold off till in addition to thence in addition to had decided to larn the auto on February 18th itself on the twenty-four hours nosotros landed.
The centre has beautiful interiors in addition to lots of infotainment activities for kids...the views through the large drinking glass windows are to go for...
The Ting Pavilion...
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 small-scale hunting palace close Agra, called Lal Mahal, has inspired the Hamilton Garden's Char Bagh garden.
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Art in addition to scientific discipline are strongly linked in addition to a study of proportion in addition to the human figure create a framework for a classical social club of perspective, proportion, symmetry, in addition to geometric forms.
Note the creeper of the trellis twining to a greater extent than or less the pillar...
These are the Paradise collection.
Next come upward the Productive collection... Te Parapara, traditional Maori garden...
It includes Sustainable backyard, kitchen garden in addition to herb garden
We saw the much touted quirky shoe fighting in addition to took our mandatory pic...
Then made our way dorsum to the caves in addition to and thence onward to Rotorua. We reached Rotorua YHA every bit daylight was fading.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 packed in addition to varied experience day!! We were at nowadays cook for the thermal wonders in addition to Maori civilization inward Rotorua...
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We rang them upward in addition to confirmed nosotros tin terminate pickup the auto a niggling early on too, that is past times 10am. We decided we'll pickup the car, purchase some provisions, in addition to and thence common the auto in addition to become into the urban nub past times populace transport. We lined upward some overnice urban nub sights ...Get the Airbus from drome to Auckland urban nub (Downtown Ferry Terminal), run across Auckland Domain and Museum, Skytower, Parnell rose gardens, Albert gardens etc, fifty-fifty accept a ferry to Devonport. We analysed the twenty-four hours passes from the carry site...www.maxx.co.nz/
After our auto pickup, nosotros went to the Countdown supermarket nearby in addition to stocked upward for our days inward North Island. Drove dorsum to the hotel, had a repast in addition to assembled a picnic repast for our twenty-four hours out. We were feeling quite fresh in addition to energetic in addition to decided we'll drive to the Waitakere ranges national park, which is a curt in addition to tardily drive from our hotel. We had already seen it on the google maps/virtually driven downwards it in addition to were confident. We started off on our NZ lead a opportunity in addition to reached the Arataki visitor centre on the scenic drive road!
Waitakere Ranges Regional Park:
The Waitakere Ranges Regional Park has 16,000 hectares of native rainforest in addition to coastline, 250km of walking in addition to tramping tracks providing access to beaches, breathtaking views, in addition to spectacular rocky outcrops, dark sand beaches, waterfalls in addition to giant kauri trees.
We had zeroed inward on Fairy Falls in addition to Kitekite for our visit. We wanted to verbalize to the Park Rangers at The Arataki Visitor Centre to confirm latest rail in addition to conditions conditions in addition to the directions.
Arataki Visitor Center:
The visitor centre inward itself is lovely amongst awesome views on curt boardwalks!
The centre has beautiful interiors in addition to lots of infotainment activities for kids...the views through the large drinking glass windows are to go for...
The lovely lady gave us a map, in addition to nosotros got convinced to attempt Kitekite in addition to Piha beach first! The conditions was glorious! (Apologies, this is going to live the catchphrase throughout this study for all days!!)
DIRECTIONS: turn correct into Scenic Drive. Continue for 200m in addition to thence accept Piha Road at the junction. Stay on Piha Road in addition to it ends at Piha Beach.
Piha Beach:
The Piha beach is lovely, the drive reminded us of the winding mount roads to a greater extent than or less Capetown, South Africa in addition to nosotros joked the stone nosotros were seeing is the Lionhead every bit inward Capetown. Imagine our surprise, when its existent shout turned out to live Lion rock!!
Excellent drive in addition to nosotros had our picnic repast inward scenic environment (and pretty aggressive gulls in addition to geese/ducks!). We walked to a greater extent than or less for the best views. It looked an tardily walk upward the Lion Rock, nosotros unfortunately did non receive got fourth dimension for that,
This is a Paradise vanquish duck...we called it proud peacock every bit it kept aloof in addition to away from a grouping of other ducks
We went on the Tasman sentry , in addition to thence laid off for the Glenesk route in addition to reached the trail caput to Kitekite falls.
We had read a TA review of people losing their entire luggage from the locked auto kick at the parking lot amongst their auto window smashed in... they had said in that location are some negative elements lurking inward bushes in addition to they had made the fault of opening the kick showing their materials was inside. The visitor centre lady also told us non to leave of absence valuables inward the car. We did non receive got whatever to leave of absence but were a niggling apprehensive every bit the eve was drawing to a closed in addition to in that location were only a few cars there. Initially at planning stage, I was glad it was a Sabbatum when nosotros planned to see every bit that agency locals around! We did non run across many though every bit it was almost v in addition to local families may receive got returned!
This is a Paradise vanquish duck...we called it proud peacock every bit it kept aloof in addition to away from a grouping of other ducks
We went on the Tasman sentry , in addition to thence laid off for the Glenesk route in addition to reached the trail caput to Kitekite falls.
We had read a TA review of people losing their entire luggage from the locked auto kick at the parking lot amongst their auto window smashed in... they had said in that location are some negative elements lurking inward bushes in addition to they had made the fault of opening the kick showing their materials was inside. The visitor centre lady also told us non to leave of absence valuables inward the car. We did non receive got whatever to leave of absence but were a niggling apprehensive every bit the eve was drawing to a closed in addition to in that location were only a few cars there. Initially at planning stage, I was glad it was a Sabbatum when nosotros planned to see every bit that agency locals around! We did non run across many though every bit it was almost v in addition to local families may receive got returned!
The Kitekite Falls are i of the most famous waterfalls inward the Waitakere Ranges amongst vi drops into a large lake-like puddle at the bottom. The falls are reached past times walking tracks at the destination of Glen Esk Road.
The common route is to accept the Kitekite Track past times the large kauri stump which takes yous upward the truthful left side the Kitekite Stream (right manus side if yous are walking upstream, left if yous are coming down!). The rail takes yous through rainforest that has recovered from milling until yous accomplish a junction amongst the Knutzen Track (named after Hans Peter Knutzen, Manager at the Piha Mill from 1912 to 1921). It is best to attain on the Knutzen Track which is well-formed amongst an tardily degree in addition to takes yous to the base of operations of the falls amongst a spectacular persuasion of the falls on the way.
We had a lovely hike in addition to non bad views.
We entirely went upward to the lower part! We returned along the same path in addition to it was heartening to uncovering some people entering the rail every bit nosotros were hiking dorsum … ever proficient to exercise hikes before in addition to inward the middle of the day, but amongst our schedule nosotros could create out entirely these afterward timings!! Good to know in that location were Late Latifs similar us in addition to nosotros are non the entirely foolhardy ones hiking tardily into the evening!
We entirely went upward to the lower part! We returned along the same path in addition to it was heartening to uncovering some people entering the rail every bit nosotros were hiking dorsum … ever proficient to exercise hikes before in addition to inward the middle of the day, but amongst our schedule nosotros could create out entirely these afterward timings!! Good to know in that location were Late Latifs similar us in addition to nosotros are non the entirely foolhardy ones hiking tardily into the evening!
We decided to skip Fairy falls regretfully every bit it was getting late. We enjoyed several overnice lookouts on the drive, got a niggling lost trying to exit of the park, lastly constitute our way dorsum to the city, striking the drome route in addition to returned to our hotel.
Our hotel had advertised ours every bit a studio story in addition to it had a closet amongst sink, java maker but no hotplate/microwave. They allow me role their kitchen in addition to I made some rice inward the microwave for the adjacent day, transferred to my vessel in addition to nosotros slept off after a GREAT day, our get-go of many to come upward inward Beautiful NZ!
We filled gas inward our auto in addition to started off to Rotorua past times 7am. It was raining heavily in addition to nosotros got resigned to the fact this was going to live the constant tenor of our NZ vacation!
Our get-go halt was the beautiful Hamilton gardens.
http://hamiltongardens.co.nz/visit/hamilton-gardens-map/
We got out armed amongst umbrella in addition to ponchos in addition to gaped inward awe at the lovely niches.
It genuinely needs a total twenty-four hours to assimilate in addition to relish how good the diverse themes receive got been executed... nosotros had entirely a few hours!
I'll allow pictures speak...
Egyptian in addition to Mesopotamian garden rootage is acknowledged here...
Note the Use of water/rock chemical cistron inward oriental gardens...
This is the Japanese Garden of contemplation...These dry out landscape (karesansui )gardens are oft called ‘Zen gardens’ because the most renowned examples are constitute inward Zen temple complexes inward Japan. Their underlying blueprint uses Zen Buddhist concepts of ‘the void’, ‘movement without movement’,
It represents a basis of imagination, fantasy in addition to surprise...
View of the Ting Pavilion...
This is the seasonally flowering Wisteria Bridge, across the Island of Whispering Birds, past times the hidden philosopher, and through a lush grove to lastly reach the Ting Pavilion in addition to its views of the Waikato River....
DAY 2, February 19, 2017, Sunday:
We filled gas inward our auto in addition to started off to Rotorua past times 7am. It was raining heavily in addition to nosotros got resigned to the fact this was going to live the constant tenor of our NZ vacation!
Our get-go halt was the beautiful Hamilton gardens.
http://hamiltongardens.co.nz/visit/hamilton-gardens-map/
We got out armed amongst umbrella in addition to ponchos in addition to gaped inward awe at the lovely niches.
It genuinely needs a total twenty-four hours to assimilate in addition to relish how good the diverse themes receive got been executed... nosotros had entirely a few hours!
I'll allow pictures speak...
Paradise Collection:
Egyptian in addition to Mesopotamian garden rootage is acknowledged here...
Note the Use of water/rock chemical cistron inward oriental gardens...
Japanese Garden of Contemplation:
This is the Japanese Garden of contemplation...These dry out landscape (karesansui )gardens are oft called ‘Zen gardens’ because the most renowned examples are constitute inward Zen temple complexes inward Japan. Their underlying blueprint uses Zen Buddhist concepts of ‘the void’, ‘movement without movement’,
With tightly outpouring compositions of gravel, rocks, in addition to entirely the minimum of vegetation, they evoke vast landscapes of mountains, oceans, in addition to forests
Chinese Scholar's Garden:
This is the Chinese Scholar's Garden a chip of a traditional Chinese garden from the Sung Dynasty, tenth - twelfth century.It represents a basis of imagination, fantasy in addition to surprise...
View of the Ting Pavilion...
This is the seasonally flowering Wisteria Bridge, across the Island of Whispering Birds, past times the hidden philosopher, and through a lush grove to lastly reach the Ting Pavilion in addition to its views of the Waikato River....
The Ting Pavilion...
Modernist Garden:
Here's the Modernist Garden...loose, flexible, minimal, spontaneous...
Indian Char Bagh:
The Indian Char Bagh( 'four part') gardens ...the master copy Paradise Garden...are non only places to walk through. They are poetic, hugger-mugger pleasance gardens amongst sensuous perfumes of flowers inward a living Western Farsi Carpet
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 small-scale hunting palace close Agra, called Lal Mahal, has inspired the Hamilton Garden's Char Bagh garden.
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They receive got geometric layouts amongst potent symmetry. Water features are subtle in addition to designed to bubble in addition to trickle rather than splash, inward social club to save water.
Italian Renaissance Gardens:
Art in addition to scientific discipline are strongly linked in addition to a study of proportion in addition to the human figure create a framework for a classical social club of perspective, proportion, symmetry, in addition to geometric forms.
Note the creeper of the trellis twining to a greater extent than or less the pillar...
There are antique sculptures similar the re-create from the master copy fifth century Capitoline wolf amongst Romulus in addition to Remus. The 2 babies, Romulus in addition to Remus, were thrown into the Tiber River, which carried them to Platine where they were suckled past times a she-wolf in addition to and thence raised past times a shepherd...
English linguistic communication Flower garden...
Productive Collection:
Next come upward the Productive collection... Te Parapara, traditional Maori garden...
It includes Sustainable backyard, kitchen garden in addition to herb garden
Fantasy Gardens:
Tudor Gardens..it was similar existence inward Hampton Gardens, Great Britain again... banker's complaint the intertwining strands inward the dark-green hedges
These are the Chinoiserie gardens...
Chinoiserie’ is the vogue that reinvented Chinese in addition to Japanese art but often produced operate that was quite original. It was stylish inward Western Europe throughout the eighteenth century, reaching the tiptop of popularity betwixt 1750 in addition to 1765.
The Chinoiserie Pavilion inward the Perfume Garden is real closely modelled on the ‘Chinese House’ at the Stowe Landscape Gardens, United Kingdom, which was built inward 1738.
Tropical Garden here...amazing how they receive got all these tropical plants inward a subtropical climate...we receive got a video I'll pose upward soon.
AAHH... Alice having her Tea Party...and nosotros are a soggy mess...
Regretably nosotros had no fourth dimension for the cultivar collection which I'm certain is fabulous every bit well. nosotros needed to live at Waitoma Glowworm caves past times 2.30, thence nosotros took off
WAITOMA GLOWWORM CAVES:
I had been inward 2 minds nigh the caves, but nosotros had a overnice time. We had no trouble at the ticket counter in addition to got a discount amongst coupons. With one-half an sixty minutes hold off nosotros were on our tour
The tour was non bad amongst a sizeable collection of worms that made the house magical...These glowworms aren’t genuinely worms. They are the larvae of a especial sort of wing known every bit a fungus gnat whose tail glows amongst a blue-green calorie-free provided past times an organ equivalent to a human kidney.
The glow is a reaction betwixt chemicals given off past times the glowworm in addition to oxygen, otherwise known every bit bioluminescence. Glowworms can command how calorie-free its tail is past times changing the amount of oxygen reaching its calorie-free organ
Glowworms glow to attract insects, which larn caught inward the glowworms viscous lines. When a woman soul reaches adulthood it uses the calorie-free to attract a mate. The glow also protects them from getting eaten past times predators in addition to is used for burning waste.
OK, facts aside, it was a surreal experience seeing hundreds of glow spell floating silently through an metro river...
The glow is a reaction betwixt chemicals given off past times the glowworm in addition to oxygen, otherwise known every bit bioluminescence. Glowworms can command how calorie-free its tail is past times changing the amount of oxygen reaching its calorie-free organ
Glowworms glow to attract insects, which larn caught inward the glowworms viscous lines. When a woman soul reaches adulthood it uses the calorie-free to attract a mate. The glow also protects them from getting eaten past times predators in addition to is used for burning waste.
OK, facts aside, it was a surreal experience seeing hundreds of glow spell floating silently through an metro river...
Marakopa falls:
We looked at the fourth dimension in addition to decided nosotros had fourth dimension for the diversion to Marakopa falls. We took the wiggly Te Anga route upward in addition to did non halt at the Bridge. We went instantly to the Falls in addition to it was thence worth it.
Mangapohue Natural Bridge:
On the way dorsum nosotros stopped at the Mangapohue Natural Bridge. We walked along the limestone gorge amongst its rushing current on a walkway. The sides of the gorge are steep in addition to covered amongst a lush dark-green cover. We went upward along the top an expanse where nosotros saw sometime fossils inward the rocks. The 17 one thousand natural span is all that’s left of an ancient cave organisation after the cave has collapsed. Over the years stalactites receive got grown on the underside. Another of Nature's awesome Surprises.
We saw the much touted quirky shoe fighting in addition to took our mandatory pic...
Then made our way dorsum to the caves in addition to and thence onward to Rotorua. We reached Rotorua YHA every bit daylight was fading.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 packed in addition to varied experience day!! We were at nowadays cook for the thermal wonders in addition to Maori civilization inward Rotorua...
http://www.kris-sapiutri.blogspot.com/search?q=new-zealand-trip-report-days-34-rotorua
New Zealand Trip Report, 24-Hour Interval 1: Auckland, Waitakere Ranges National Park; 24-Hour Interval 2: Hamilton Gardens
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