There’s a town, where the Waikato meets the Bay of Plenty, full of New Zealand settler history. And there’s a sense of that history, as you pull in to Waihi, a town of gold and a town of railways - and today, of course, a town of cycles too.
Read MoreCoromandel Town - heading along the pōhutakawa coast, finding seafood treasures and more, in a delightful seaside town
It’s the name of a well known New Zealand peninsula, the Coromandel, a typically sun-filled sanctuary with strong eco values. And on the western side of that Coromandel peninsula, along the stunning Pōhutakawa coast, sits the delightful Coromandel Town.
Read MoreThames - stop in and strike gold, on the road in an old gold rush town
On the road, and you’ve hit the entranceway to the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula. It’s a seaside town that wears its colonial gold rush past on its sleeve. Gold was discovered in the 1860s and Thames was settled in a flash. Surrounded in spectacular noble bush, the timber industry quickly followed.
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