Monday, February 21, 2011

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J-6 from the island of dreams / o D-6 Leaving dream island


It's almost time to leave our island paradise! The summer season ends, the coffers are replenished (it worked, 2, about 100 hours a week pdt 9 weeks, not bad eh?), And we have ants in the legs. It's Time To Leave Our heavenly island! The summer season ends, The Bank Account is topped up, and We Have ants in o pants.


And to celebrate, we had a visit from Catherine and Jo, leaving the French winter cold for us ... So from February 25 to March 15, it becomes en 4 joyeux touristes en Mitsubishi toute propre, et vêtue de paréos pour l'occasion ! Oui, la voiture aussi est concernée par la mode. To celebrate this change, we are welcoming Catherine and Jo, who are living the winter cold to join us. From Feb. the 25th to March the 15th, we all tunr into happy tourists in clean and sarong-dressed Mitsubishi. Yes, the car is concerned by fashion as well.

Au programme ? What's on?

Waiheke island, Coromandel, Tauraga, Bay of plenty, Gisborne, Rotorua, Taupo, Tongariro alpine crossing, Wellington, et peut-être un petit tour sur l'île South ... Subject to change course! And We Might make a detour Through the South Island, programmed to be confirmed

's go for the exciting adventures of Cath, Jo, Loic & Manu down under ...


Sunday, February 6, 2011

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The Boatshed, workplace

Our island dream home a superb hotel for honeymoon, weddings, business trips and leisure stays, the Boatshed . It is terribly true to its name, the place exudes seaside ropes, wicker, white and blue, paddles, miniature boats adorn each room. Designed by renowned architect David Scott, owner of the site's manager and father, Jonathan, this space cozy and unusual contains 7 rooms, all different and a very nice living-dining room overlooking the beach of Oneroa. The atmosphere is warm, cozy and family, it is not uncommon for guests staying a week in this "cottage", as if it could be better elsewhere.

Breakfast and dinner are cooked by the Fijian chief Peter Upton, master of his art. I licks their chops thinking about his grilled mediterranean vegetables, meat tenderness and taste of fish, vision of the alloy of sweet and salty, his mastery of detail, the originality of the ingredients (not even afraid to use pistachio, sugar beet, apricot in entrees !!)... My new hobby? "Hanging in the kitchen" ...

Loïc therefore passes all his evenings in the kitchen, to assist Peter in achieving these great dishes and make the plunge ... Meanwhile, I'm in the laundry room, and I will return! And when all the guests are at dinner, I go into the rooms to prepare them for the night: the bed open, close the curtains, light the candles, put a little soft music all (yes, the same as on the website of the hotel) ... Once sated, our guests have only to go to sleep in this peaceful atmosphere ...


Sunday, January 23, 2011

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5 * A movie not trivial


A mini post to talk about the film Waiheke Island Community ... Managed by volunteers, programming is selected based on applications of the islanders. Their choice of films is eclectic and fairly sensible. Although to our great damn they do not think the last film project of Sofia Coppola grrrr ...

The major advantage of this theater is that, instead of uncomfortable chairs, they have chosen to wedge the butt of moviegoers in fleece sofas. And if it really does not work, they can relieve their backs with cushions made available ... Hard not to fall asleep!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

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Baptism of sea kayaking / Our first time was sea kayaking


Today, we celebrate our 4 weeks on this island ... and is projected to remain still moment. We work hard, we save our New Zealand dollars, to be able to visit again and again this great country ... Today is our 4 weeks Birtday is this island, and we are planning to stay longer. We work hard, weekends and spare o kiwi dollars in order to go on Discovering this gorgeous country.


It does not mean boring! We optimize our few hours of rest to maintain our passion for the first time. We got on our sea kayaks to paddle happily in the bay near the house ... And we took advantage! We do not get bored though, optimizes o FEW weekends off hours to support our passion for first times. We Have ridden o sea kayaks to paddle joyfully Into the pacific ocean, And We genuinely enjoyed it!


Wednesday, January 5, 2011

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January 5 Fish Birthday!

Loïc Today at 28 years and Manuel has some surprises ...


After a few cocktails on the beach, head for the vineyard mudbrick where the best restaurant table waiting for us. Perfect timing, then we embark on a boat for an afternoon fishing in the middle sea! Fishing has been good ...


6 beautiful snappers! Yummy


Friday, December 24, 2010

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Christmas on the beach ...

The kiwi Christmas is synonymous with barbecue and beach ... So we have adapted better, and have kept pace! Errands, and it shows up on the beach of Oneroa. We expect that the community is free bbq, we grilled our lunch, we tasted and presto, a small dip in the Pacific Ocean! Happiness, yet ...

The kiwi christmas combined beach and barbecue ... We Have Followed The Rhythm - shopping, weekends and head to Oneroa beach. The community bbq available ounce, grilled weekends o Christmas Lunch, relished it, and dove Into the Pacific Ocean. Happiness Again ...

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

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Summer begins to Waiheke! The summer starts we


J +6 on the island, where are we? Ensconced in a cottage at the foot of the ocean, it already feels at home. We adopted the fruit trees, flowers and the view ...

D6 + On The Island, What are WE up to? WE Settled In a little house, On the seashore. Already it feels like home. WE HAVE ADOPTED The View, The fruit trees, tea flowers ...


This accommodation is paid in exchange for the work of Manuel. It services the hotel's breakfast B r eakfast on the beach " and cleaning of the rooms (only 4, phew!).

In exchange for this accommodation, Manuel is Working in the Morning at The Lodge, serving breakfast and cleaning Helping The Rooms.

Loïc performs her dream of working in the kitchen of a great restaurant! It assists the Chief "Boatshed" , one of three hotels 5-star restaurant on the island. For the little story, "Breakfast on the Beach" is one of those three institutions.

Loïc Fulfill His Dream to work in restaurant kitchen has 5 stars. He Is Helping the cook at the "Boatshed.

We are on track to enjoy life on this island! "We still have 42 km of beaches, hiking trails and a national park to discover this summer ...

We are pretty sure to love the island life is this ! We Have 42km of beaches, Many hiking and a national park to discover ...

We wish you all a Merry Christmas! Happy Christmas!

Thursday, December 16, 2010

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Waiheke Waiheke Island, here we are! Fun

And presto, here we are, we just learned that we were chosen by Keith and Marilyn to spend the summer " Breakfast on the Beach ", a superb small hotel on Waiheke Island. We will be helper in exchange for a small house overlooking the sea

Next step, find work on the island! Stay tuned ...

On the news today - We Have Been Chosen by Keith and Marilyn To Spend The Summer have helpers at the "Breakfast on the beach " magnificent lodge is Waiheke Island. One of Us Will Help Them at The Lodge in the Morning, in exchange for accommodation Year With A View on the marvelous Bay Blackpool.

Next step, find a job on the Island! To be continued ...

Friday, December 10, 2010

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well, but work in? / We're Having a lot of fun, alright, what about to work? Until

We are good tourists, good WWOOFers, but are we right to be hired? We are good helpers, good tourists, goal Workers Will We Be Good? We are Currently opening doors to Find the Best Job Opportunity for Both of Us.

few interviews forecasts / We are expecting SEVERAL interviews:

Monday, Manuel has an appointment at the offices of New Zealand International Film Festival for a possible volunteer position as " Online Content Wizard ", from February through July. Volunteer job, but enabling it to experience the festival from the inside, to analyze the mechanisms
a Kiwi cultural event, and watch movies!

Emmanuelle Interview At The year has NZ International Film Festival on Sunday, To Be An Online content volunteer for 6 months.


Wednesday for maintenance 2 in a luxury hotel, the "Breakfast on the beach" on an island off Auckland. One of the two gives 4 hours of his time in the morning to lend a hand to the hotel (breakfast, cleaning, gardening, Dogwalking ...) in exchange for room for 2. The Waiheke Island is a tourist mecca of the region, the population spends the winter of 7500 to 30,000 in the summer, we can do seasonal work to earn lots of money, speak English, make friends, fit et continuer la visite du pays à l'automne...

Emmanuelle and Loic, at the "Breakfast on the beach" luxury lodge, interview on wednesday on the Waiheke island. One of us would help at the lodge during 4 hours in the morning, in exchange for the accomodation, and could find a seasonal job on the island. The other could find a full time job. The hotel's owner will help us to contact employers on the island if they actually hire us. A lot of seasonal jobs are available during the summer.

21 janvier 2011, on travaille au plus grand festival de musique de NZ et d'Australie, le Big Day Out . On distribuera les casques au Silent disco and we benefit concerts before and after work ...

Loic & Manu are Hired by the Big Day Out music festival, to deal headphones at the Silent Disco, and Enjoy the gigs while THEY are not working ...


Finally, potential maintenance Comedy Festival in January for Manuel, work or volunteering, we do not know yet ... Loïc has plenty of trails for missions in associations and NGOs.

Enough to enrich our CVs but nothing is confirmed yet. So please, cross your fingers for us!
Here Are The Few Job Opportunities We're Trying to make real, so please, cross your fingers for Our Success!

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summit of Rainbow Mountain

Yesterday Friday we shod our boots for a great walk to the summit of Rainbow Mountain. The advantage of this walk? The 360 view on the volcanic plateau ... Lakes green, blue, hills, a magnificent cliff steaming volcanoes, forests. And the icing on the cake is that we were welcomed by Mr. to monitor the occurrence of fires. From the top of his desk-perch, he spoke passionately of his region, it was very informative!
Yesterday, marvelous hike to the Rainbow Mountain Summit. What's the point? The 360 ° view over-the volcanic area - Blue & Green Lakes, Volcanos, a red tuxedo cliff, hills, forests. And the Icing on the cake WAS That We've Been Welcomed By The Fire Gard, Who Told Us Everything about this amazing region. Very enlightening!

Friday, December 3, 2010

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The Huka Falls Taupo and Rotorua

Friday afternoon Taupo, a town in central North Island. The Waikato river, stream of NZ's longest (425 km), flows into the beautiful Lake Taupo. And a few miles away ... a very narrow canyon is home to the Huka Falls , falls from extreme violence! The volume of water discharged is 220 000 liters per second! Snif nobody wanted us to do rafting;)

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Between ... celebrates the incongruous nature and spectacular!

A mini-post impressive times ... These days, we have our busy afternoon
A superb Mud pool (pool of boiling mud)


The source of Kerosene Creek hot (so hot that there is not stay long)


The Te Puia Thermal Park, where we saw a geyser, kiwis (the bird at night), hot pools & mud, and (re) learned a lot about Maori culture.



Monday, November 29, 2010

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Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland: a stunning plateau multicolored volcanic hot


Hang on, what follows is amazing! After planting 26 trees and trimmed hedges, we took a shuttle for a planet previously unknown of us ... the nature reserve of Wai-O-Tapu! You should know that New Zealand is on the subduction of the Indian-Australian Plate and Pacific Plate. Plateau Taupo is just above! This is not the most active area, however, it boils water from the bowels of the earth ... The hot water (40 to over 100 degrees) outcrops, streams, cascading into a myriad of beautiful colors , perpetually changing, depending on the content of different chemical components natural. Here are the main


Yellow -> sulfur

Orange -> antimony

White -> silica

Green -> arsenic

Red -> iron oxide

Black -> sulfur and carbon

Purple -> Manganese

We strolled two hours, blissfully ... is partitioned into an image, click here


Sunday, November 28, 2010

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Welcome to paradise not artificial



now enter our third place wwoofing ... the hotel Golden Springs in Bay of Plenty. We are greeted by two managers, a couple who lived 35 years in Zimbabwe. They organized safaris, walks ... But were forced to leave the country 5 years ago because of the dictator Mugabe. They have invested in a beautiful paradise of 3 hectares.




Once again, we are very well housed: we have a "cabin" very comfortable (Rented $ 100 per night for guests), close to BBQ. And the boss gives us fresh products normally used in the restaurant ... we cook our own way, yummy!



The particularity of the place is a stream of hot water meanders through a beautiful garden ... Recapture to cascade into a small natural spa to 39 degrees. And yes, we are on a volcanic plateau, hot water bubbling under the earth "look so peaceful. The vegetation is so lush, and the garden is full of surprises
pool, Tyrolean mills, trampoline, ducks, flowers ...

Tomorrow we start working: we are going to land 27 trees with Hans, the patron.Et then we should paint again, but this time outside! It will become super pro in paint!


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New Zealand, where the trampoline! The Track


3 guests, 3 gardens, and especially 3 trampolines! Manuel is thrilled, she thinks it's a bird acrobat! No kidding, here, everyone has a trampoline in his garden ... and no, it is not just for kids!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

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Kariori first mini-hike very dynamic!




J 4 seconds with our guests ... Morning painting + household (our own;), then a quick lunch and it was spun "ride" on the "Track Karioi " first little hike with our stay! It was time ...




The start of the hike is above the magnificent gorges Te Toto ". And here we go, the panel announced a march of four hours round trip. A great reinforcement of spanking on the rump and narrative episodes of Little House on the Prairie (Loïc, hu), we buckled in 2h30 ...


The hike has still been punctuated by a few slips in the mud, climbing some passages, small pauses to admire the view overlooking the Pacific ... We loved the warm-up! Certainly, once on top, the clouds obscuring the landscape somewhat, but in the land of the long white cloud, it does not hurt! We even have trouble to discern the horizon, so the sea and the ocean merge ...


Monday, November 22, 2010

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Kawhia: it is not a myth!


For some time we hear of Hot Water Beach ... Of beaches where you just supposed to dig for water at 38 degrees ... After extensive research we begin to believe that it was a kind of "hunting dahut" New Zealand for tourists.

Only after asking for help to the village that we understand the technical : Follow the smell of sulfur at low tide and try his luck across ... And miraculously, the hot water flowed beneath our very eyes! Even a little effort, you dig, and it was a real little natural jacuzzi;)

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Host No. 2 - Te Uku Raglan

We arrived Sunday night in new hosts: Matt Stockton and Jane and their two small daughters Emily and Isabel. Reception conditions are more than comfortable because we have our own apartment.

We started a new rhythm of woofing. We work between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning near the pond weed and Rescue of "native trees" ... then a dip in the pool and finally up to the discovery of the region.

We have already proposed to take care of the small farm and animals (goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, cats ...) during the absence of our guests this weekend!


Homemade Chicken Watering

stronghold of Kiwi surfing, and beautiful Bridal Veil Fall


Raglan, a small town in the east cost, is home to beautiful beaches and fierce waves, very popular with surfers in the world. We strolled on the first track, normally reserved for surfers beginners ...

(small technical problem passenger, a black dot stuck in the camera's lens. Phew, he is cured!)


Next Route to the Bridal Veil Falls : we were so excited to see that little has changed 10 minutes walk from the race although tonic; we galloped on tap, only to come face to face with a magnificent 55m drop .

What is crazy in this country, there is always a wonderful place to visit at least 30mn by car (though it should sometimes 1 hour drive to find a distributor)!