Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Thursday 7th, to Sunday 10th May 2026 Thursday - Coromandel Town: We crossed the peninsula after visiting a couple more beautiful beaches on the east coast. The first was Cook's Beach, where Captain Cook landed in 1769. Cook's Beach We went on further to visit Whangapoua beach which was equally as beautiful. The bay here …
Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th May 2026 Tuesday: A long drive today, north. Not so much the distance, but the nature of the roads, up and down, tight twists and the occasional hairpin thrown in. We also had a long wait where repairs were being done to the road following several landslides. We had planned …
Monday 6th April 2026 Cathedral Caves, Curio Bay and Slope Point: After a night spent on a local authority run site, which was good and economical, we travelled on to our first stop of the day, Cathedral Caves. The caves are two, huge interlinked sea caves which are only accessible at low tide. We had …
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Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th April 2026 A bit of a backlog of posts, due to a lack of internet access. We are travelling south, following the south east coast roads. Friday - The Royal Albatross Centre: On Good Friday we visited the Royal Albatross Centre at Taiaroa Head, on the peninsular just south of …
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Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd April 2026 Over the past couple of days, we headed further south and east, making for the coast along highway 83 then down the coast on highway 1. We stopped to explore points of interest along the way, of course. Takiroa: Alongside highway 83, we came across Takiroa, which is …
Tuesday 31st March 2026 Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Situated in the central Southern Alps, it has three peaks, the highest being 3,724 metres or 12,218ft above sea level. As we arrived yesterday at the southern end of Lake Pukaki, we could see Mount Cook in the distance beyond the northern …
Friday 27th to Sunday 29th March Over this last couple of days we have moved inland and then a little further south, stopping very briefly at Rakaia, where I took a couple of images, then overnight at Ashburton, which is a medium-sized town, (where I took no photographs). On Saturday, we went for a walk …
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Thursday 9th and Friday 10th October 2025 Thursday - CERN and Col de la Faucille: Heading north again, we headed for the town of Gex and just beyond it, our planned overnight stay of Col de la Faucille. The Fort l'Ecluse, which we passed en-route Along the way, we passed signs for CERN, so on …
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Thursday 18th - Friday 19th September 2025 This part of France is sparsely populated and roads often go for several kilometres at a time in an arrow-straight direction. The scenery is green and mostly agricultural with some woodland. Over these two days, we travelled from an area which was mostly flat to one which has …
Friday 16th and Saturday 17th May 2025 We are making our way gradually towards Santander and the ferry port, not leaving far to drive, but still enjoying the journey and places en-route. La Población: On our way to La Población, we stopped alongside a reservoir and looked back towards the Picos mountains, where we had …
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"See-u-Later" 