My last travel piece (for a while) and plans for a road trip!

This is my last travel piece for a little while. During this ‘time off’ I’m completing an e-book about grief and suicide (Remember, I used to be a therapist before I reinvented myself as a travel writer some years ago)

But to whet your appetite for what’s to come in 2012, and with the help of Destination Northland (New Zealand) and friends, here are just some of the places I will be visiting, or staying at, or things I’ll be doing during my Northland road trip in February 2012, in a car from Rental Cars New Zealand . So check the list of links out and let me know if there is something specific you want ME to check out too.

I have to say, I’m both exhausted and excited just contemplating it all – mark this spot as this is where the stories will be.

• Clapham’s National Clock Museum www.claphamsclocks.com
• Fudge Farm Café. www.nzfudgefarm.co.nz
• Whangarei Quarry Gardens www.whangareiquarrygardens.org.nz

 

• AH Reed Park Canopy Walkway http://www.wdc.govt.nz/FacilitiesandRecreation/WalksTrails/Documents/Whangarei-City-Walks-Brochure.pdf
• A Perfect Day www.aperfectday.co.nz
• Copthorne Hotel & Resort Bay of Islands www.copthornebayofislands.co.nz
• Swim with Dolphins – www.dolphincruises.co.nz   .
• Flying Kiwi Parasail www.parasail-nz.co.nz
• The Rock Overnight Cruise. www.rocktheboat.co.nz
• Waitangi Treaty Grounds. www.waitangi.net.nz
• Taiamai Tours Heritage Journeys http://www.taiamaitours.co.nz/
• Fullers Great Sights www.fullers.co.nz
• Russell Mini Tours www.dolphincruises.co.nz/russell-mini-tour
• Pompallier Mission. www.historicplaces.org.nz/placesToVisit/northland/PompallierMission.aspx
• Living Nature – www.livingnature.com
• Wharepuke Print Studio www.nontoxic-printmaking.co.nz
• Wharepuke food  www.foodatwharepuke.co.nz
• The Stone Store www.kerikeri.co/kerikeri-stone-store-basin
• Rewa’s Village www.kerikeri.co/kerikeri-stone-store-basin
  • Adventure Puketi  www.forestwalks.com
  • Kahoe Farms Hostel http://www.kahoefarms.co.nz
  • Mangonui  Fish Shop & Heritage Trail http://www.doubtlessbay.co.nz/heritagetrail.htm
  • Gumdiggers Park www.gumdiggerspark.co.nz
  • Sand Safaris www.sandsafaris.co.nz
  • Ahipara –http://www.northlandnz.com/destinations/top_of_the_north/ahipara/
  • Victorian village of Kohukohu http://www.kohukohu.com/
  • Clendon House http://www.historicplaces.org.nz/placestovisit/northland/clendonhouse.aspx
  • Footprints Waipoua www.footprintswaipoua.co.nz
    • Sandtrails Hokianga. www.sandtrailshokianga.co.nz
    • Astronomy Adventures  www.skydome.org.nz
      • Woodturners Kauri Gallery and Studio www.thewoodturnersstudio.co.nz
      • The Kumara Box www.kumarabox.co.nz/ernie.html
      • Zizania Paper Products www.zizania.co.nz
      • The Kauri Museum www.kaurimuseum.com 
      •  Rental Cars New Zealand http://www.rentalcarnz.com/

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      One more comandment from a church in Wellington