Is This The FRIENDLIEST TOWN In New Zealand? Thames North Island | Coromandel 🇳🇿

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
  • Let's take you on another adventure through a little gem called Thames which we passed while venturing from the Coromandel, a cool little place with the nicest people ever. Located on the north island of New Zealand.
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  • @willieidle8122
    @willieidle8122 Місяць тому +2

    Thanks for visiting my home town! All the best for your New Zealand adventure!

  • @mnl21bill82
    @mnl21bill82 2 місяці тому +1

    Happy that you enjoyed our place here in Thames.

  • @churcuz1961
    @churcuz1961 3 місяці тому +7

    Been following you both since you landed in Auckland and purchased your car. Have enjoyed every video & of cause your trips to places I've never been or seen like your treks. Thank you both. ❤

  • @alanbennett4001
    @alanbennett4001 3 місяці тому +5

    Number one rule when eating a pie, keep it in the bag and just eat it from the front, use the bag to stop the pie falling to bits.....contains the crumbs as well...haha

  • @allentewhare1102
    @allentewhare1102 3 місяці тому +5

    Celebrities in our Nation.
    Well done team.

  • @lesleyhughes3174
    @lesleyhughes3174 3 місяці тому +8

    Those little birds were in the midst of migrating. They are wading birds and called Oyster Catchers. Resting onshore, after travelling thousands of miles. So Glen, 🤫🕊 🙂

    • @CaptainKevHaurakiGulf
      @CaptainKevHaurakiGulf 2 місяці тому

      Our oystercatchers do no not migrate they are here year round I am in next bay been here 15 years, the Miranda bird group did a tagging thing few years ago

  • @ianmcleod4381
    @ianmcleod4381 3 місяці тому +4

    Missing you Thanks so much for your Entertainment

  • @MarkMcLT
    @MarkMcLT 3 місяці тому +6

    I had my last colonoscopy in Thames! :) I spent a night in an airbnb, and the host, who I'd never met before, very kindly came up to the hospital ward to pick me up afterwards as I wasn't allowed to drive myself.

    • @danielayers
      @danielayers 3 місяці тому +7

      I've heard of a lot of people having their photo taken in Thames, but never that kind of photo!!

    • @joharrison3469
      @joharrison3469 3 місяці тому +2

      I had that fun experience in hospital for the first time last year Thought it would be a nightmare but everyone was so nice and it was so interesting. Would recommend. So that's an experience Glen and Mado can look forward to in the future 😆

    • @helenlizzystewart4908
      @helenlizzystewart4908 3 місяці тому +1

      thanks for sharing 😅

    • @danielayers
      @danielayers 3 місяці тому

      @@joharrison3469 You could start a UA-cam channel. "Is this the BEST COLONOSCOPY in New Zealand?". Call it Rectum Reviews.

  • @richardcaldwell9160
    @richardcaldwell9160 3 місяці тому +2

    You guys are both legends in your own lifetime (well In Thames) Those pies looked so good

  • @lowcarbtoronto1691
    @lowcarbtoronto1691 3 місяці тому +1

    My wife and I will be travelling for 6 weeks in Sept/Oct - 2.5 weeks in AU, 3.5 in NZ. These videos have helped us better prioritize during our limited time. Many of the places we planned to visit have been covered in this series. Most helpful are the food/restaurant reviews. Raw and minimally edited, the videos could get a bit tedious if you two were not so endearing and honest in your appraisals. You’ve really grown on us. Thank you for putting in the effort, and safe travels.

  • @samuelcecil9273
    @samuelcecil9273 2 місяці тому +1

    thank you both I really want to go there xxxxx

  • @debtrs1
    @debtrs1 3 місяці тому +1

    Have enjoyed your vlogs while visiting our beautiful country. Thank you for visiting us. Safe journeys home. 👍

  • @lesleyhughes3174
    @lesleyhughes3174 3 місяці тому

    Thank you guys!! Loving your food adventures in Japan atm!! 😊

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus 3 місяці тому +1

    Great video!
    I'm a bit of a rock-hound and Thames and the Coromandel are good places to find interesting rocks ( quartz, jasper, even gold ore if you're lucky). Great area, both for scenery and rocks!

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  3 місяці тому

      We missed our opportunity so haha we didn’t find anything good! We didn’t realise this had to much to offer 🫣

  • @jonathanmanson775
    @jonathanmanson775 3 місяці тому +2

    If you go to Northland, best kept secret is Mimiwhangata Coastal Reserve. Fantastic spot on a fine day.

    • @MarkMcLT
      @MarkMcLT 3 місяці тому

      Agree, Mimiwhangata is very cool. There's also a beautiful walk at Ngahau Bay just to the north. But I have a feeling they may have left NZ without exploring Northland, which would be a shame. I think it has the best beaches in the country. Mahinepua is another gem. But it's all best experienced in the summer.

  • @MothershipVideos
    @MothershipVideos 3 місяці тому +1

    I did enjoy it...thanks.

  • @garrycarlyle4429
    @garrycarlyle4429 3 місяці тому +3

    Ive folloed your hole vernoy i n nz and loved your videos ive ciommrentsd4 and loved your reply that everthinng is a thing i love having people like you humans thank you for your jouney

  • @joharrison3469
    @joharrison3469 3 місяці тому +2

    I parked my motor home on the other side of the inlet at Ray's Rest. It is a bird sanctuary. I was so excited to get there I to the shore wearing my jandals (aka flip flops, thongs). I was instantly ankle deep in that sticky muddy silt that Glen discovered. Took me quite awhile to get my feet out without losing my jandals. i got back to my motorhome covered in that gunk. Not fun! But it's a very beautiful and serene place to park up with the birds for three days.

  • @2foleyquarry
    @2foleyquarry 3 місяці тому +2

    Defo need a Burtons steak n cheese pie. Love Coco too, best coffee.

  • @Skrote
    @Skrote 3 місяці тому +7

    'Predator' in the window of Vessel by my buddy Marti Wong Sculptor.

  • @F0RTY4
    @F0RTY4 3 місяці тому +3

    I think that gem was a quartz?

  • @kiwihib
    @kiwihib 3 місяці тому

    Sorry I missed you guys when you were in town.

  • @johnotimi6813
    @johnotimi6813 3 місяці тому

    Thames is a cool town!

  • @modfus
    @modfus 3 місяці тому

    Racelle was very friendly - she has a very strong Kiwi accent, you two have been in NZ long enough to understand it now😊

    • @gissyb1
      @gissyb1 3 місяці тому

      All kiwis have strong accents. It's normal

    • @modfus
      @modfus 3 місяці тому

      @@gissyb1 No, that's not true. Some have much more subtle accents - you find some older New Zealanders were taught to speak "Received Pronunciation" - it is becoming rare to hear that now but I know Kiwis who speak in Received Pronunciation.

  • @AilsaPehi
    @AilsaPehi 3 місяці тому

    Welcome to Thames on this 'fine rainy day' he says. That sums up our weather. Is it fine? Is it rainy? The obvious answer is "Yeah, nah, yeah" because it's usually both.

  • @eileenhildreth8355
    @eileenhildreth8355 3 місяці тому

    Best fish and chips down at the wharf in Thames

  • @danialwilson8217
    @danialwilson8217 3 місяці тому

    Hello Mado and Glen so where you off to after New Zealand if Australia enjoy your coffee and pies there cause Australia still looking for a good pie and fish and chips plus seafood cheers have a good trip where ever you go

    • @danielayers
      @danielayers 3 місяці тому +1

      Fiji, Vanuatu, Australia (briefly) and now Japan. Its almost like they are hiding from the Police. :)

  • @thekiwinomad
    @thekiwinomad 3 місяці тому

    Great video. Mado was correct it's kiwifruit not Kiwi Glen. A Kiwi is someone from new Zealand or the flightless bird. A kiwifruit is the fruit lol.

  • @K_one_w_one
    @K_one_w_one 3 місяці тому +1

    Kiaora, sorry to nitpick it's pronounced Temz like the London river Thames. 👍

  • @stephenadams-vr4jv
    @stephenadams-vr4jv 19 днів тому

    Shanty town, much better experience.

  • @rayray2602
    @rayray2602 3 місяці тому

    👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @johnmatrix4685
    @johnmatrix4685 3 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @user-gslt
    @user-gslt 3 місяці тому

    nice video

  • @aatravelandstuff2958
    @aatravelandstuff2958 3 місяці тому

    My in-laws live there!

  • @Andy_M986
    @Andy_M986 3 місяці тому +1

    Pronounced "Tems" but spelt like the river in England ,Thames.

  • @CaptainKevHaurakiGulf
    @CaptainKevHaurakiGulf 2 місяці тому

    cafe melbourne/ depot WHY? it was a bus stop (the depot) the bus drove in the back and out the front where window is now you missed all the shops in there, cinema for sale unfortunately building is not earthquake safe and Never will be..you saw the car art you missed the wall when you stopped on the corner missing the wall behind you..A and G price they made Trains

  • @kiwihib
    @kiwihib 3 місяці тому

    Thames is a big retirement town, so not a lot of disposable income for a section of the population.

  • @johnallsopp6324
    @johnallsopp6324 3 місяці тому

    So sorry but I have to say it - it is pronounced 'Tems', not Taymes' - just like the river through London.

  • @dd2451
    @dd2451 3 місяці тому

    Any homeless in Thames?

  • @Blitz_ZaDino
    @Blitz_ZaDino 2 місяці тому

    I LIVE IN THAMES NO ITS NOT THIS GOOD THERE ARE TONS OF HORRID PEOPLE THIS IS ONLY THE CAMERA QUALITY STUFF

  • @jellysmith4350
    @jellysmith4350 2 місяці тому +1

    I lived there for over 10 years. I wish i hadnt. Its a shithole.

  • @natashabramwell6697
    @natashabramwell6697 3 місяці тому +2

    I have not long found this UA-cam channel, glad you are enjoying New Zealand, love the content. Will be catching up on all the series.

  • @taniac1860
    @taniac1860 3 місяці тому +2

    I hope you managed to find the Coromandel distillery… a tiny boutique distillery that won the world Gin awards in 2022. It was tucked in behind cafe Melbourne, so easily missed, but well worth a visit. 😊

  • @craigevans2941
    @craigevans2941 3 місяці тому +2

    The firth of thames is a amazing fishery..she'll fish fish amazing ecosytem

  • @anonymousanon9056
    @anonymousanon9056 3 місяці тому

    U can eat the skin on the kiwifruit gold

  • @amyturner6275
    @amyturner6275 3 місяці тому +1

    its probably pumping in summer its the middle winter so a bit sleepy, it will have lots of tourists in summer and holiday people

  • @robstratton6296
    @robstratton6296 3 місяці тому +1

    How ya doin, ya well?

  • @mervynpeka
    @mervynpeka 3 місяці тому +1

    Nice people....loved it.

  • @michaelmoynihan9591
    @michaelmoynihan9591 3 місяці тому

    A kip of a place fact

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  3 місяці тому

      Awh no need for that Michael it’s a lovely place 😂

  • @santoshsunar910
    @santoshsunar910 3 місяці тому

    I am Rita

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  3 місяці тому

      Hey Rita hope you’re good! We miss you a lot and we tried to contact you before through Istagram but your account has disappeared 😧

  • @lyndonbeach2387
    @lyndonbeach2387 3 місяці тому

    Hi guys, it’s funny how you collect shells from the beach. My kids always do that, and they’re adults now. I never know what to do with them after. Lol

  • @janlipski5215
    @janlipski5215 3 місяці тому

    The economic recovery must have some bearing on all the shops for sale.

  • @robertbaird4822
    @robertbaird4822 3 місяці тому

    Hope to see you at the sea bird coast Kiawua next episode,then you will see shells,

  • @Andy_M986
    @Andy_M986 3 місяці тому

    You missed Waihi,an old mining town.

  • @helenlizzystewart4908
    @helenlizzystewart4908 3 місяці тому

    PaknSave has been in Thames forever

  • @KiwiGlen
    @KiwiGlen 3 місяці тому

    We saw you both that day by time turned around you had gone in to that Cafe you can see our car in video would have love to meet you

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  3 місяці тому +1

      Kiwi glen! same name as me 😂😂 I know its a shame! always love to say hello to fellow subscribers! you must be living in the area then?

    • @KiwiGlen
      @KiwiGlen 3 місяці тому

      @@GlenAndMado yes a local

    • @GlenAndMado
      @GlenAndMado  3 місяці тому

      @@KiwiGlen living the good life in Thames then!

  • @stephenwride5695
    @stephenwride5695 3 місяці тому

    Be carefull dont turn your back on any maori

  • @jjkill3847
    @jjkill3847 3 місяці тому

    Get rid of James and come live with me in gisborne baby

  • @toddfather7541
    @toddfather7541 3 місяці тому +6

    Yup the 'pandemic'closed huge amounts of small family owned middle class businesses. And they got it wrong. But something like 600 new billionaires all of a sudden appeared, mostly pharmaceutical and political benificiaries..Just saying😂😂going to miss you guys

    • @kentaylor2416
      @kentaylor2416 3 місяці тому +3

      Nice nutty rant.
      I think you've got the wrong channel.

    • @toddfather7541
      @toddfather7541 3 місяці тому +1

      @@kentaylor2416I never bought it up and far from nutty? You got to be be nutty and stupid if ya can't see it. And fact check the nutty you will see it's actually TRUE. But you won't because like majority of people you don't know how to critically think for ya self and instead the TRUTH to you is what ever the box tells ya. Once again my bigger rant at your ignorance the question was asked if COVID had effect I simply answered. If you want to reply Ken at least have an educated opinion about what I said don't just dumb arse ding bat character assault me by calling it nutty bro??? You started this let's finish it. Had to take a know it all Ken( male version of a Karen).. I agree not on this channel but ken started it, nobody else cares Ken. I said I simply had an opinion on a public video now YOU TAKEN HERE....KEN

    • @toddfather7541
      @toddfather7541 3 місяці тому +1

      @@kentaylor2416 Hello ken biarch I'm back! I can not STAND FOOLS LIKE YOU