NORTH Tip of New Zealand! Cape Reinga & Sand Dunes
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Due to the weather we almost didn't make it up here. I am so glad we did because this has been one of the most amazing experiences! A very special place in the world. Thank you for watching!
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New Zealand's two main islands are so different, as beautiful as each other, just in very different ways.
North is great beaches, stunning farmland, rolling green hills and incredible ocean and coastal views.
South is pure Grandeur of majestic mountains, lakes and also the above. Well done again, Beer O'Clock!
Yeah since we come from a mountainous area in Canada we are really impressed with the beaches up here so far! Appreciate the comment, Paul, beer O’Clock indeed!! 🍻🍻
North Island is more civilized, South Island for the extreme nature!!
You should go to tauranga it’s great
Yeah we just spent a night there, climbed up Mt. Maunganui, what a work out! 😅
Love seeing your adventures around our beautiful country guys. Glad you guys are willing to travel cos nz has cool things to see and do but man u gotta drive 😂.keep em coming team 🍻
Thanks Phillip! Really appreciate it man, got a lot of driving coming up in the next 60 days
@Donovan Kelly oh I can imagine. Waitomo is a great place to visit. Blackwater tubing and seeing the glow worm caves. Oh mate nz is just epic for natural beauty everywhere. So diverse every where u travel too. We are really lucky to have a country like this
Nice! But no beer?
I know right? This is one of the few trips we’ve been on where I haven’t had a beer lol but it was a Sunday night/ Monday so not much was open unfortunately
If there's one thing Kiwis love, it's seeing other people fall in love with our home.
I think you're right! A lot more Kiwis watching my videos than I expected!
@Donovan Kelly we are a humble people. We always want to please and make sure others like us lol
Yeah I've noticed!
Lol, guilty! We're sooo needy 🙄😅
Opus has some of the best Fish n Chips bro,not sure about the Beers,possibly a few boutique breweries up past Auckland.
Awesome, thanks! Haha so many places have great fish and chips so if there are places that stand out I appreciate you letting me know.
@donovankelly12 All good bro, have a sweet weekend.
Kewl 🎉❤🎉place Cape Reinga. Very spiritual indeed. Kia Ora
Absolutely! Truly beautiful.
Just a tip - sea water can rust a vehicles undercarriage so taking your car for a clean will lessen damage
Thank you for that tip!
Just wait until you discover the South Island..
Really enjoying your videos and your production values Donovan. But seriously! Why are you wasting your time in the North when you could be visiting the real New Zealand down here in the South Island. Better beer too 🙂
Hey thanks! Haha our thought process is that we are likely going to stay on the South Island and find a place to live permanently(till our work visa runs out) so try and see as much of the country as possible! Not gonna lie, definitely looking forward to the beer, although some of the fresh hops beers up here lately have been fantastic. We are on our way down, will be there in a few days! Cheers 🍻
Good plan man. Best to get here before the SI looks like Ontario in December.
Your te reo Māori pronunciation is great. I rode my mountain bike the full distance of the Ninety Mile Beach there and back again this last summer; all 176km. It's a long beach to ride. They used to herd cattle up the beach and it took them three days. By road three days herding equated to ninety miles - hence the name. But on the beach, they didn't take into account the high tides slowing down the cattle to around 20 miles a day making the beach only 60 odd miles. BTW. The Māori name for the beach is Te One Roa a Tohe - the long beach of Tohe; Tohe being a local Māori chief of the area.
Thank you, Eddie! I've definitely been mispronouncing a lot of words so far so I am making a concerned effort to get the language right.
That's really cool, I can't imagine biking that! Thanks for letting me know my friend, cheers! 🍻
You might want to fix the typo in the title ☺
Thank you!! Done 😃
@@donovankelly12 and in the slide in the video about halfway through! Well done otherwise though! Glad you’re here in NZ. Welcome!
Ahh jeeze 😔 gotta work on my spellchecks!
@@donovankelly12 yes it’s extremely important for the Maori. (Said “Mow-ree”. The “ow” bit is said like the Ow you say if you hurt yourself.) Can’t wait til you go to Coromandel and the South Island!
I been there once to watch the full solar eclipse back in 2012.....i can't tell u what that experience was like on a cracker day, sitting underneath the lighthouse
Ah I can’t even imagine, that would be so amazing. Jealous!!
I wanna go there but its a long drive and I'd need to get my license first
It is a bit of a drive but it was so worth it for us, really enjoyed our time there!!
The Coromandel Peninsula is a great place to visit from Auckland.
Lots of camping, beaches, bush walks, etc. very chill.
It used to be a -2 hour drive from Auckland, but now that the Thames road has washed away from the flood- it takes about 3 hours now.
Go through Paeroa and Waihi to get to Pauanui, Whangamata and Whitianga- I stay at my parents beach house. I love it there. (I saw a UFO there once, too. And I'm a skeptical of all that)
I can recommend a great hotel to stay at in Pauanui, my dad works there part-time now that he's retired. Lots of international guests staying there, very relaxed- not overly flash/fancy, just the right amount. VERY welcoming.
Biggest tourist trap is Rotorua (quite nice) Also, please ignore our theme park Rainbow's End, it's embarrassingly humble compared to other country's.
Yes absolutely, Coromandel Peninsula was really great! We camped beside Coromandel for 2 nights and spent a night in Whitianga after exploring Hahei. Will need to go back to fully see Cathedral Cove!
Haha okay will do, we spent a few rainy nights at Rotorua, I could see that. Just got to the South Island so I will likely have a North Island video coming soon!
Pukenui is a lovely spot, lived there for a year. Living in Sydney now.
It looked really nice for the limited time we did have there!! I’m sure Sydney is quite the contrast haha
I live between Kaitaia and Doubtless Bay, and I do work in Pukenui from time to time. I always make a point to stop at the 4 Square for a long af sausage roll, and a pie from the vendor just on the north end of Pukenui
While you're up there, go to the lookout at Ahipara. It's down the bottom end of 90 mile beach.
Ahh we have already left but hopefully your suggestion helps another traveller looking to experience this place! Thank you for the comment 😃🙏
Great video, looking forward to the next one :)
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed 😊