That clock museum is fantastic Ian and the people looking after it showed just how pleased they were to be showing the beautiful clocks. The places you are going to on your travels must be pleasing you too Ian your so lucky buddy keep safe mate Rob
Super stuff Hubnut, A great tourist advert for New Zealand. You deserve an extra holiday there courtesy of the New Zealand Tourist Board! I hope they are watching! Safe travels.
Wow ...that clock museum is mesmerising , I could sit there all day with my eyes closed and just take in the different sounds , I'm really enjoying your adventure. Take care and have a good time.
What a brilliant place. The number of variations of JDM models in different markets is incredible. I have the same issues as you. Here in Mauritius there are many models I've never seen before. A whole new learning experience. Thanks Ian
The variety of JDM cars that we don't see in the UK has always amazed me. The clock museum is amazing. Nice to see the BX marking its territory. Most of my cars have a tendency to do that. The current one included. Would love to visit NZ at some point. Hope you are enjoying NZ and your adventures as much as I am watching your videos.
Your excursion of New Zealand is similar to my excursions of other countries. Spend half the time identifying vehicles. The other half everything else including scenery, culture, and history. 😁 Keep up the good work and enjoy your time.
The rain makes you feel athome. Not raining here in Ireland... yet. Been following your travels as always. Nice to know the hubnut tribe are helping out. On wards and upwards.
Nice to see your journey Ian. For sure you will not see only beautiful landscapes but indeed also many cars that you think "what's that now again"... anyway, enjoy there and till tomorrow 😊
Don't confuse what Ian called a Hubnutter, who owned the house he stayed in, with a nutter , which is something completely different. We Hubnutters are nuts, but in a very nice way. Keep coming with the Ford's,Holden's and obscure Japanese classic stuff. Keep it coming , Hubnutter. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Good to see you having such a fine time Hubnut. I know that politics is not a place you venture online, but if the opportunity arises, take an interest in New Zealand's Prime Minister. Many of us in Australia are very jealous that the Kiwis had such good sense as to elect such a human Prime Minister.
Bloody-hell! You can have her m8. Bloody socialists. Never happy unless they're telling you how to live your life or, if you don't listen, shoving you in a death camp. In fact, if you can get her to move to Oz, I'll pay you $10. Genuine offer!!
I caught a glimpse of a Noddy clock in the clock museum, similar to the one I had in my bedroom as a child. This was years before Noddy became a TV star - at the time Noddy-themed merchandise was quite rare. Interesting to see the clocks made it as far as New Zealand.
The car parks are fascinating to you, but the clocks are more fascinating to me. We have one which is identical to one of those antique clocks. It's French, and that style dates from about 1920 to 1925. I could spend all day in there, and still go back the next day! That Polyphone needed some TLC though, or maybe only the disk was worn out. Many of the notes on it were not playing. Looked like a fine repertoire of music with it though! Thanks for that pinnacle amongst the many highlights of New Zealand. Wish we could visit; it has been a 50-year desire for me, but is unlikely to happen now. Thanks again, Ian.
The skill of old clockmakers is awesome Ian. I've never been any good at freehand stuff, so truly admire those that are. Many thanks for showing us around.
“We are delighted to inform you that your order has now been processed and dispatched by our team of one woman and a cat. To be honest, the cat's not a great deal of help. UK delivery should be within a couple of days. Worldwide, well a little longer.” ... I love this channel it’s my new favouritist thing. Expecting Foxy t-shirt in time for Chrimbo.
You are definitely spoiling us ian, with your wonderful updates down under. New Zealand is certainly a very glorious place to be, I think come Jan 2020 you won't want to come back to a cold frosty welsh wales but I expect elly and the fleet will require some tlc. Regards from a wet wales ✌peace
My mother was born in Whangarei. Good to see Hubnut visiting NZ, as I now live in Australia and can recognize some of the sights from when I lived there until 1999. Plus I am a car nut and to be honest, I don't recognise most of the oddball JDM cars you are showing here. NZ has imported a wide variety of used cars from Japan since I left, which doesn't happen in Australia so much, although it is increasing since the government here allowed the local car industry to be shut down, and I believe the import rules have also been relaxed to compensate, just as happened in NZ when I was there.
Oddly enough, that Toyota Will is the second one to poison my eyes in as many weeks! There is one for sale at a garage near my home in the Midlands (UK). My word it’s fugly!! But having never seen or heard of them before, it was certainly striking! To see another is just too much for my senses!!😂 Great video and some great sights!👍 Not sure I could spend too long with all them clocks.....! Tick tick clocks like those freak me out a little bit😳
Great visuals of a beautiful place, as is your speciality the cars are so fascinating, NZ. Having its own unique history. Enjoyed learning and viewing the interesting cars driven there. One of your best videos. A quality production and quite enjoyable. Amazing time keepers. What a good choice to take a trip to NZ. Well done Ian. Brilliant ! A video that gave a smile to my day. Thanks 🙂 Rich&2 Cats LA.CALIF USA
The clock museum reminded me of the clock maker that use to do repairs for my father back in the UK when I was a teen. You will love the Bay of Island's
Another epic video Ian,the views in Whangarei are amazing,I like how the fish hook bridge is,the cars there are totally different from the UK,that clock shop was fascinating to see,too many to service 😂😂😂.
I very nearly applied for a mech eng. job in Whangarei in the late 1970's when I completed my UK apprenticeship. Very nice to see where I could possibly now have been residing. I'm getting odd emotions as I watch this.
I think i can spend lots of time walking around parking lots with that kind of cars, just so different stuff there. Last week i saw similar Toyota Will VI in here Finland, it looked so strange, but also so nice, i like to have one 😄 Nice videos, NZ looks that kind of place i like to visit someday.
Does look stunning,enjoy yourself at a slower pace ,my Dad always said he loved NZ and that i should take the family and emigrate there..... he may have been right....farewell....
I applied to Whangarei port authority when I was at university for a year's internship without ever visiting it! Thanks for doing that for me, although I might make a trip up there when I get into NZ soon! Another wonderful video Ian and thanks for introducing Boris. Seen many of the funky Japanese cars like the Will when I was in Japan last year, a place I highly recommend you visit, it's wonderful!
The Whangarei falls are lovely and my imagination went to Rivendell when I was there. Those niche Toyotas never fail to surprise. The Bay of Islands Vintage Railway is fun if you get the chance. Cheers.
Hehe, at 9:31 the german Blackforest Cuckoo clocks :-) Pieces of mechanical art sometimes. I always wondered if they had been produced anywhwere else in the world since they are so much loved souvenirs from Germany for 150 years although I never understood why.... My grandparents had one and one day my grandpa removed the cuckoo for permanent nerving reasons risking some serious discussions with my grandma :-) Otherwise this museum is my place to be, I´m a clock lover. Automatic wrist watches and the big clocks for use in the house. Cheers from Germany and good times in NZ, Bernd
I remember visiting the clock collection in 1959 and our family was shown around by Mr Clapham himself at his home in Tikipunga. His commentary was fascinating! When he died there was uncertainty as to whether the collection would be auctioned off or retained by the city. The city obviously acquired it and moved it to a central location with good access and display facilities.
Great stuff Ian! Glad George has put the word out for you to not be lonely! I saw a Toyota Will a few years ago in Tesco's car-park in Sudbury! Same colour as the one you spotted! I thought it was a kit-car of some sort, but a lovely lady at the DVLA helped me out! :-)
Quite splendid, the increased brightness you mentioned on the beach has been quite noticeable in the vids I didn't realise that was a thing. Glad you are enjoying the trip as it was quite the journey. As regards moving metal I was rather taken with the Toyota WiLL, Wikipedia tells me that it was only made between 2000 and 2001 due to poor sales. What a shame something different failed to sell I'd have been tempted. Keep your eyes peeled for the Kakapo while you are there, the alas rare flightless parrot.
Loving these updates Ian - it’s a big trip to commit to on your own and having been on a few road trips by myself I know it’s not always easy but keep it up - very much enjoying viewing!
NZ is just such a beautiful country, been there twice. Been in the city of Whangarei itself and from there to the Bay of Islands (Paihia), Whangaroa, into Northland to the 90 mile beach, giant sand dunes and to cape Reinga. But I've been to many other placed, on the North and South Island. On the second trip we had rented one of these bus campers, it was a Toyota Coaster bus, very similar to the Nissan Civilian in your video, I think it was from a company called Mighway which mediates for private people having their camper for rent. You can drive it with a normal car license if you keep it's laden weight below 4,5 tons.
nice to see you experienced the city where I live. Nice try on the pronunciation of Whangarei. Some locals still call it Wong-ga-ray. Shame you have moved on. Summer is the time to experience this place. Happy and safe travels....
Another great video. I missed the peninsula when I toured North Island in 1981. Looks like I missed something really nice, but as you said, we forget how big NZ is. You can't see everything. Please don't worry about not spending too much time in car parks, though. The stuff there is so unusual, I'd love a few carpark only episodes! :^) Looks like you could do with a field guide to all the far eastern vehicular oddness you are coming across, but you seem to recognise many of them, presumably from your journalistic work. All very different from when I went, though - lots of old British stuff everywhere then, as that scrapheap you visited south of Auckland testified. Wonder if there are any more scrappies filled with rusting Britcars? Or even car museums?
Loved all the clocks ... :) Reminds me of the Wellgate Clock in Dundee. You can find videos of how it is nowadays, half broken and tuneless, on the UA-cam. I remember it, 30 years ago, when it actually worked and was quite nice to listen to :)
I found it, including a 9 year old comment from me that it sounds all wrong ;) Note: It really does sound terrible :D ua-cam.com/video/MFjj8GdFtGA/v-deo.html
Beautiful skyscape Ian almost like the volcano you mentioned had set the heavens alight. Waterfall backdrop was nice too. That Toyota suv/people carrier you spotted in the car park looks virtually identical to the Toyota Qualis i have seen in India. The old clocks remind me of 19th century automatons which were also brilliantly engineered pieces of clockwork really. Brilliant video as usual. Thanks Ian.
enjoyable vid , a miss mash of everything , being yourself , when i first got to this side of the world i likened it to getting HD for the first time , like i said months ago if you do get to WA your more than welcome
@10:24 Doc Brown: “Are those my clocks I hear?” Marty: “Yeah it’s a... 8 o clock” Doc Brown: “My experiment worked! They’re all exactly 25 minutes slow!” Marty: “Wait Doc... are you telling me that it’s 8:25?!” Doc Brown: “Precisely!” Marty: “Dam!!... I’m late for school!” *slams down phone* *blasts power of love by Huey Lewis and the news* Looks like you’re having a great time Ian, I knew you would, I’m much the same as you with the travelling, but I attended a friends wedding in New Zealand and loved every minute of it. My sister also lives in Australia and have visited her numerous times now, I’ve learnt just to get on with the travel and sort yourself out once you arrive at your destination. It’s always great when you arrive. Will keep following your progress :D
my Old Mum Lives In Whangarei , as do a couple of her sisters. NZ is one big ex volcano 😁. You should go out to Dargaville . It's a bit of NZ stuck in the 1950's . And it's where my grandparents and their 17 kids lived...... No TV in the 1930's. The bus campers were busses in a former life .I would guess the NZ ones are ex japan imports but my brother had a Toyota Coaster here in OZ which he made into a camper. They are common here.
NZ has a very eclectic mix of automobilia, it's grey import central, a lot of the cars you highlighted we have in Australia , but not known by the same name or with the same specs. The Klugger as example is common, and expensive, in Australia but the one you saw is a JDM unit for sure, the wing mounted mirror is a dead giveaway not fitted to any Australian market vehicles.
The eclectic tastelesness of that clock 'museum' was painfully joyful to watch! 🤣 The nice music was the exception.😯
Those clocks! As long as you’re prepared to leave your taste and ‘cool’ at the door, that looks like one very absorbing hobby.
Nice range of cars that you see nowhere else in the world. The views are breathtaking. As the clock ticks at home, it does not tick anywhere.
That clock museum is fantastic Ian and the people looking after it showed just how pleased they were to be showing the beautiful clocks. The places you are going to on your travels must be pleasing you too Ian your so lucky buddy keep safe mate Rob
that clock museum nearly lulled me to sleep. very nice to see hand wound machinery working so nicely. thank Ian.
Super stuff Hubnut, A great tourist advert for New Zealand. You deserve an extra holiday there courtesy of the New Zealand Tourist Board! I hope they are watching! Safe travels.
When you said a clock museum I thought it was a wind up.....
Loving this tour so far. A Kluger and a Clock museum. Classic Hubnut. Looking forward to these seeing me through the winter months.
Stunning clock footage, variously. And noting the timely demise of any residual jet-lag. Safe travels.
Glad you are doing this tour of NZ. It saves me being made to go over to visit my sister that lives there, who I don't get on with.
I’ve visited New Zealand several times, if I were you I’d go but just don’t tell your sister.
WITH WHOM I don't get on! Not 'who I don't get on with!' :D
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I'm not here to just walk around the car park and then proceeds to do much walking around car parks :). Classic HubNut !
Wow ...that clock museum is mesmerising , I could sit there all day with my eyes closed and just take in the different sounds , I'm really enjoying your adventure. Take care and have a good time.
Superb array of JDM vehicles , but above all , everywhere you have shown us so far looks absolutely gorgeous ! The clock museum was a bonus !
Ah - the Toyota Will Vi - possibly the colest design ever to come from Toyota. What a beauty!
What a brilliant place. The number of variations of JDM models in different markets is incredible. I have the same issues as you. Here in Mauritius there are many models I've never seen before. A whole new learning experience. Thanks Ian
What a stunning house that Boris lives in! Awesome video and thanks for showing us around
That was a lovely watch, thanks.
Your Boris is a big improvement on the one you left us stuck with
That clock whipping around those poles was amazing, If I had one I'd watch it for hours.
It's my fave one too.
@Deadmeat:
Look up 'Congreve clock', similarly fascinating.
I suspect if I had such a thing, my cat would take an unhealthy interest in it.
Classic HubNut. Totally brilliant. Please keep it up.
Lovely Jubbly, another fascinating look at the other side of the world Mr HubNut, many thanks.
Very Pink Floyd in the clock museum. Loving your NZ adventures!
The variety of JDM cars that we don't see in the UK has always amazed me. The clock museum is amazing. Nice to see the BX marking its territory. Most of my cars have a tendency to do that. The current one included. Would love to visit NZ at some point. Hope you are enjoying NZ and your adventures as much as I am watching your videos.
Your excursion of New Zealand is similar to my excursions of other countries. Spend half the time identifying vehicles. The other half everything else including scenery, culture, and history. 😁 Keep up the good work and enjoy your time.
Lovely scenery around there! Nice to see some sunshine and palms; just having our first snow tonight in N. Ohio...
brilliant , like going on holiday without the stress, and the clock museum WOW.. keep it up Ian, I'm loving it
The rain makes you feel athome. Not raining here in Ireland... yet.
Been following your travels as always. Nice to know the hubnut tribe are helping out. On wards and upwards.
Nice to see your journey Ian. For sure you will not see only beautiful landscapes but indeed also many cars that you think "what's that now again"... anyway, enjoy there and till tomorrow 😊
Some very interesting places and love the clock museum keep up the good reports
Don't confuse what Ian called a Hubnutter, who owned the house he stayed in, with a nutter , which is something completely different. We Hubnutters are nuts, but in a very nice way. Keep coming with the Ford's,Holden's and obscure Japanese classic stuff. Keep it coming , Hubnutter. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I would not want the job of winding all those clocks up... Cracking adventure Ian...
Good to see you having such a fine time Hubnut. I know that politics is not a place you venture online, but if the opportunity arises, take an interest in New Zealand's Prime Minister. Many of us in Australia are very jealous that the Kiwis had such good sense as to elect such a human Prime Minister.
Bloody-hell! You can have her m8. Bloody socialists. Never happy unless they're telling you how to live your life or, if you don't listen, shoving you in a death camp. In fact, if you can get her to move to Oz, I'll pay you $10. Genuine offer!!
I caught a glimpse of a Noddy clock in the clock museum, similar to the one I had in my bedroom as a child. This was years before Noddy became a TV star - at the time Noddy-themed merchandise was quite rare. Interesting to see the clocks made it as far as New Zealand.
The car parks are fascinating to you, but the clocks are more fascinating to me. We have one which is identical to one of those antique clocks. It's French, and that style dates from about 1920 to 1925. I could spend all day in there, and still go back the next day! That Polyphone needed some TLC though, or maybe only the disk was worn out. Many of the notes on it were not playing. Looked like a fine repertoire of music with it though!
Thanks for that pinnacle amongst the many highlights of New Zealand. Wish we could visit; it has been a 50-year desire for me, but is unlikely to happen now. Thanks again, Ian.
The skill of old clockmakers is awesome Ian. I've never been any good at freehand stuff, so truly admire those that are. Many thanks for showing us around.
“We are delighted to inform you that your order has now been processed and dispatched by our team of one woman and a cat. To be honest, the cat's not a great deal of help. UK delivery should be within a couple of days. Worldwide, well a little longer.” ... I love this channel it’s my new favouritist thing. Expecting Foxy t-shirt in time for Chrimbo.
I remember when I ordered my gorgeous beanie last year I even got a notice that it was delivered to the post with the Skoda Favorit.
@@Perkelenaattori LOL :)
Maybe the cat licks the stamps ?
@@millomweb 'Postmarks' them!
Looking forward to my Hoodie !.....no rush dispatch team !
You are definitely spoiling us ian, with your wonderful updates down under. New Zealand is certainly a very glorious place to be, I think come Jan 2020 you won't want to come back to a cold frosty welsh wales but I expect elly and the fleet will require some tlc. Regards from a wet wales ✌peace
The clock museum was strangely fabulous 😀
The clock museum reminded me of the opening to Back to the future. Fully expected a "Great Scott" from Doctor Emmett Brown!
At 12:00: Lots of these clocks seem to be made in Black Forest, Germany, which is a traditional clock building area.
The last one with the big disc inside is also a german one, playing the "Hochzeitsmarsch" respectively the "wedding march" as written on the disc.
My mother was born in Whangarei. Good to see Hubnut visiting NZ, as I now live in Australia and can recognize some of the sights from when I lived there until 1999. Plus I am a car nut and to be honest, I don't recognise most of the oddball JDM cars you are showing here. NZ has imported a wide variety of used cars from Japan since I left, which doesn't happen in Australia so much, although it is increasing since the government here allowed the local car industry to be shut down, and I believe the import rules have also been relaxed to compensate, just as happened in NZ when I was there.
Oddly enough, that Toyota Will is the second one to poison my eyes in as many weeks! There is one for sale at a garage near my home in the Midlands (UK). My word it’s fugly!! But having never seen or heard of them before, it was certainly striking! To see another is just too much for my senses!!😂
Great video and some great sights!👍
Not sure I could spend too long with all them clocks.....! Tick tick clocks like those freak me out a little bit😳
Another wonderful installment from NZ. And what a lot of timepeices! Just imagine setting that lot when the hour goes back/forward!
No, had some very fine holidays in Wales.
The clock museum, WOW! I could have that room as a bedroom, wonderful sound :)
Looks a lovely place. Clock museum would be a must see. Loving these videos already!
Thanks for another terrific video, you are a car spotting supremo..clock museum was fascinating.
Great visuals of a beautiful place, as is your speciality the cars are so fascinating, NZ. Having its own unique history.
Enjoyed learning and viewing the interesting cars driven there. One of your best videos. A quality production and quite enjoyable. Amazing time keepers. What a good choice to take a trip to NZ. Well done Ian. Brilliant ! A video that gave a smile to my day. Thanks 🙂
Rich&2 Cats LA.CALIF USA
Like the start of the first "Back To The Future" Film. Love it.
I was thinking exactly the same thing once they started to chime and cuckoo.
Just need the Sales Toyota advert to come on part way through. Being New Zealand has so many Toyota's according to Ian
Boris seems like a very fine George stand-in.
5:13 Starlet Princess. Sounds like your kind of car.
7:59 Phone?
The clock museum was so peaceful!
These videos are on another level Ian 👍 Being able to see a museum like that which many of us will probably never see is fantastic.
The clock museum reminded me of the clock maker that use to do repairs for my father back in the UK when I was a teen. You will love the Bay of Island's
classic hubnut,only MILES AWAY,,,, KEEP IT UP MATE,,,,, S
Another epic video Ian,the views in Whangarei are amazing,I like how the fish hook bridge is,the cars there are totally different from the UK,that clock shop was fascinating to see,too many to service 😂😂😂.
I very nearly applied for a mech eng. job in Whangarei in the late 1970's when I completed my UK apprenticeship. Very nice to see where I could possibly now have been residing. I'm getting odd emotions as I watch this.
A world tour of car parks - what else could one need ?
Apart from the odd cat in the video of course !
Brilliant Ian you enjoy your self lovely shell that was great cushty
I think i can spend lots of time walking around parking lots with that kind of cars, just so different stuff there.
Last week i saw similar Toyota Will VI in here Finland, it looked so strange, but also so nice, i like to have one 😄
Nice videos, NZ looks that kind of place i like to visit someday.
Beautiful views! I’m really enjoying this trip!
Glad the bus NZMCA member was so friendly with the shell gift!
As soon as those clocks started I thought Back to the future had come on
Does look stunning,enjoy yourself at a slower pace ,my Dad always said he loved NZ and that i should take the family and emigrate there..... he may have been right....farewell....
The clock museum, that sounded just like the beginning of Back to the Future, all that ticking, such a nice sound... :)
What a lovely town.
I applied to Whangarei port authority when I was at university for a year's internship without ever visiting it! Thanks for doing that for me, although I might make a trip up there when I get into NZ soon! Another wonderful video Ian and thanks for introducing Boris.
Seen many of the funky Japanese cars like the Will when I was in Japan last year, a place I highly recommend you visit, it's wonderful!
The Whangarei falls are lovely and my imagination went to Rivendell when I was there. Those niche Toyotas never fail to surprise. The Bay of Islands Vintage Railway is fun if you get the chance. Cheers.
Can't believe I'm sat here in Scotland at ten to one in the morning looking at lots of clocks.
Thanks for showing us Boris the cat Johnson
Where else could a walk around a car park be so absorbing? Only here on HubNut!!
Great video Ian, really enjoyed the clock museum visit👍🏻
Hehe, at 9:31 the german Blackforest Cuckoo clocks :-) Pieces of mechanical art sometimes. I always wondered if they had been produced anywhwere else in the world since they are so much loved souvenirs from Germany for 150 years although I never understood why....
My grandparents had one and one day my grandpa removed the cuckoo for permanent nerving reasons risking some serious discussions with my grandma :-)
Otherwise this museum is my place to be, I´m a clock lover. Automatic wrist watches and the big clocks for use in the house.
Cheers from Germany and good times in NZ, Bernd
Amazing, and thank you for sharing your video Sir 👍 Tam.
I remember visiting the clock collection in 1959 and our family was shown around by Mr Clapham himself at his home in Tikipunga. His commentary was fascinating! When he died there was uncertainty as to whether the collection would be auctioned off or retained by the city. The city obviously acquired it and moved it to a central location with good access and display facilities.
With a name like Reyburn or Raeburn house it more than likely has a Scottish link id guess, loving the videos of the trip Ian :)
Great stuff Ian! Glad George has put the word out for you to not be lonely!
I saw a Toyota Will a few years ago in Tesco's car-park in Sudbury! Same colour as the one you spotted! I thought it was a kit-car of some sort, but a lovely lady at the DVLA helped me out! :-)
Quite splendid, the increased brightness you mentioned on the beach has been quite noticeable in the vids I didn't realise that was a thing. Glad you are enjoying the trip as it was quite the journey. As regards moving metal I was rather taken with the Toyota WiLL, Wikipedia tells me that it was only made between 2000 and 2001 due to poor sales. What a shame something different failed to sell I'd have been tempted. Keep your eyes peeled for the Kakapo while you are there, the alas rare flightless parrot.
NZ is amazing. There are greater things to come yet!
Brilliant Ian, loving your travels.
Love the clock museum, it must be a constant job keeping them all wound up.
Thought I was going cookoo for a minute there
Loving these updates Ian - it’s a big trip to commit to on your own and having been on a few road trips by myself I know it’s not always easy but keep it up - very much enjoying viewing!
What a beautiful country.
Never really was familiar with NZ, contrary to South Africa and the UK.
Quite a revelation.
Looks really nice there, good their regenerating the place. I don't think I could work in the clock museum as it would drive me absolutely potty.
Looks really nice there :-) and love the clock museum.
A clock museum , good times
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@@RussEdgar445y7tlfj I just haven't got time for this
Excellent vistas, thank you. That clock museum, mesmerising.
Some of those clocks were almost as mesmerising as the Nissan Cedric with the wiper action in your video earlier in the year.
NZ is just such a beautiful country, been there twice.
Been in the city of Whangarei itself and from there to the Bay of Islands (Paihia), Whangaroa, into Northland to the 90 mile beach, giant sand dunes and to cape Reinga.
But I've been to many other placed, on the North and South Island.
On the second trip we had rented one of these bus campers, it was a Toyota Coaster bus, very similar to the Nissan Civilian in your video, I think it was from a company called Mighway which mediates for private people having their camper for rent.
You can drive it with a normal car license if you keep it's laden weight below 4,5 tons.
Yay it’s my friends Boris and Nigel!!!
nice to see you experienced the city where I live. Nice try on the pronunciation of Whangarei. Some locals still call it Wong-ga-ray. Shame you have moved on. Summer is the time to experience this place. Happy and safe travels....
Nice city. I enjoyed both visits.
Another great video. I missed the peninsula when I toured North Island in 1981. Looks like I missed something really nice, but as you said, we forget how big NZ is. You can't see everything. Please don't worry about not spending too much time in car parks, though. The stuff there is so unusual, I'd love a few carpark only episodes! :^) Looks like you could do with a field guide to all the far eastern vehicular oddness you are coming across, but you seem to recognise many of them, presumably from your journalistic work.
All very different from when I went, though - lots of old British stuff everywhere then, as that scrapheap you visited south of Auckland testified. Wonder if there are any more scrappies filled with rusting Britcars? Or even car museums?
9:31 Lots of clocks there. I bet quite a few of them are on tick :)
Loved all the clocks ... :)
Reminds me of the Wellgate Clock in Dundee. You can find videos of how it is nowadays, half broken and tuneless, on the UA-cam. I remember it, 30 years ago, when it actually worked and was quite nice to listen to :)
I found it, including a 9 year old comment from me that it sounds all wrong ;)
Note: It really does sound terrible :D
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Beautiful skyscape Ian almost like the volcano you mentioned had set the heavens alight.
Waterfall backdrop was nice too.
That Toyota suv/people carrier you spotted in the car park looks virtually identical to the Toyota Qualis i have seen in India.
The old clocks remind me of 19th century automatons which were also brilliantly engineered pieces of clockwork really.
Brilliant video as usual.
Thanks Ian.
enjoyable vid , a miss mash of everything , being yourself , when i first got to this side of the world i likened it to getting HD for the first time , like i said months ago if you do get to WA your more than welcome
@10:24 Doc Brown: “Are those my clocks I hear?”
Marty: “Yeah it’s a... 8 o clock”
Doc Brown: “My experiment worked! They’re all exactly 25 minutes slow!”
Marty: “Wait Doc... are you telling me that it’s 8:25?!”
Doc Brown: “Precisely!”
Marty: “Dam!!... I’m late for school!” *slams down phone* *blasts power of love by Huey Lewis and the news*
Looks like you’re having a great time Ian, I knew you would, I’m much the same as you with the travelling, but I attended a friends wedding in New Zealand and loved every minute of it. My sister also lives in Australia and have visited her numerous times now, I’ve learnt just to get on with the travel and sort yourself out once you arrive at your destination. It’s always great when you arrive.
Will keep following your progress :D
my Old Mum Lives In Whangarei , as do a couple of her sisters. NZ is one big ex volcano 😁. You should go out to Dargaville . It's a bit of NZ stuck in the 1950's . And it's where my grandparents and their 17 kids lived...... No TV in the 1930's. The bus campers were busses in a former life .I would guess the NZ ones are ex japan imports but my brother had a Toyota Coaster here in OZ which he made into a camper. They are common here.
OK now time to do a road test and overview of the AU/NZ style BBQ. Anticipation.
NZ has a very eclectic mix of automobilia, it's grey import central, a lot of the cars you highlighted we have in Australia , but not known by the same name or with the same specs. The Klugger as example is common, and expensive, in Australia but the one you saw is a JDM unit for sure, the wing mounted mirror is a dead giveaway not fitted to any Australian market vehicles.
Toyota Kluger was sold as Highlander in US. Hilux Surf is also known as the 4Runner. JDM imports are amazing!
Loved the clock museum
11:20 that is fabulous! 14:03 wonderful
Supremely jealous of your adventures all the more now! 😩 more power to you, Ian!