Time: 25 min one way Distance: 1 km one way Across the road from the Bryant Home Children’s Bible Camp, another track, through regenerating coastal forest leads to a seat, and to a water intake – the supply for Bryant Home. The track follows an historic water-race that in 1924 powered a generator providing electricity […]
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Waterfall jumping – Vanuatu
On one of our days in Vanuatu we explored the “Rarru Rentapoa Waterfall”. The tour guide was a nice lady who told us about how she used to jump off the waterfalls here as a child, and it was a fun place for her and her friends to hang out. The walk to the waterfall […]
Hike – Bryant Track, Raglan, NZ – down to the beach
For a couple of days we had stunning sunny weather where we are in NZ, so we decided to get some good footage of a well known short 20 min hike(one way) in Raglan. We went down the Bryant Track, which you can access just off the road beside Camp Raglan (On Wainui Road on […]
Karioi hike loop track – Raglan NZ
Mandy and I headed to the Karioi Lodge to do the Kauri Loop Track. It was amazing to see all the big trees. The walk was 1 hour 15 min. The first half was a gradual upwards climb, and the last half was a steep downwards slope. It was slippery and muddy in places, but […]
Ziplining in Vanuatu
Kirsten and I had a weeks holiday in Vanuatu in June and decided to go Ziplining. We had been wanting to do this adventure since we had arrived, and finally did it right at the end of our trip. The company was “Vanuatu Jungle Zip Line Tours” https://vanuatujunglezipline.com/our-tours/#heli. The cost was roughly $130 NZ dollars, […]
Blue Lagoon – Vanuatu
On this particular day in Vanuatu, we headed to the Blue Lagoon. The sun was shining and we wanted to have a go at the rope swing. . To be honest, I thought the rope swing would be easy and I would be quite good, but I landed awkwardly many times and it was very […]
Vanuatu -Snorkeling to a Underwater mailbox
While we were in Vanuatu, we made the journey to Hideaway Island. This is a cool place to explore, it’s very sheltered from the wind and you can go snorkelling to the only underwater mailbox in the world. You take a ferry, and then pay to get onto the island for a day pass when […]
Rock Climbing in Hong Kong
As the sun was shining on this particular day in February, Elaine and I decided to head to the cliffs and do some rock climbing. This particular rock climb was very picturesque, a lovely climb on the cliffs and by the sea in Hong Kong. The climbs progressed in the degree of difficulty as we […]
Canyoning in Spain
This was a great adventure. The crew for this one was Eva and Javi (who live in Spain) and myself. I was keen to try canyoning in Spain after doing it in a couple of locations in New Zealand. We did our research and decided to go with Guias Malouco, which is 30 – 40 […]
Canyoning in Raglan, New Zealand
I did this canyon with Bexie, Jocelyn, Lisa and Helen. We were taken through the canyon by our instructor, Anne Windust. Canyoning is an amazing adventure. We thoroughly enjoyed it and found it challenging in places. The canyon is located 10 min out of Raglan along Te Hutewai road. The whole adventure takes about 3 […]