This is part of a series called New Zealand As we headed south towards Wellington, we increasingly left the isolated, natural beauty behind for things more aligned with civilization and culture. Our first stop was outside Waihi at the Martha Mine. As I noted in an earlier post, hard rock mining had largely waned in…
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This is part of a series called New Zealand After spending a quick evening in Auckland, we headed out to the Coromandel Peninsula, one of the most scenic coastlines in New Zealand. The Coromandel has nearly 250 miles of coastline to explore and around 100 offshore islands to admire. For many years, the industry on…
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This is part of a series called New Zealand The plan for our time in Australia was to work half time and travel half time. During the first part of the year, other than the Tasmania trip, Glen had been working more than that ratio. As a consequence, we planned a 3-week trip to New…
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