Tag: Thames
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NZ – Sweet As – Recalculating
All photos taken on October 29, 2025. Our delayed arrival in New Zealand and the wet weather conspired against our chances to visit the Eyefull Tower and Driving Creek Railway attraction on the other side of Coromandel town. I hear what you are saying, with names like that, the attractions wer probably pretty hokey. We…
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NZ – Sweet As – Once Around the Town
All photos taken October 28, 2025. When we were in Thames in 2014, we hardly gave the town a second glance, as we hit all the highlights on the Coromandel Peninsula. Staying close to home today due to weather, gave us a chance to make amends for that oversight. Below is our walking map for…
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NZ – Sweet As – Wet and Wild
All photos taken on October 28, 2025. The weather in Thames today was forecast to be a bit unpredictable. Cloudy with showers, at times heavy, followed by sunshine and cloud mix, followed again by showers, at times heavy, with gusty winds. With this in mind, we set off after breakfast to do a bit of…
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NZ – Sweet As – Cottage in the Sky
Photos taken on October 27, 28, 29 and 30, 2025, during our stay at Grafton Cottages in Thames, New Zealand. October 27, 2025 In an earlier post, I described the logistics of changing my hotel reservations after Air New Zealand cancelled our original October 23 flight and I had to rebook on October 25. We…
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NZ – Sweet As – Pinch Me, Is This Real?
All photos taken on October 27, 2025. Seemingly complete and collected, with our baggage in tow, we set off to the Avis car rental kiosk, across from the terminal. Would my car really be waiting? Would they upgrade me to something larger, free of charge? Would I still know how to drive on the wrong…
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