Ideas for places to visit in North Island?
Helloooooo:)
We are currently planning for our next trip to NZ and we are looking for ideas of places to visit that may either be 'off the beaten track' or 'places that only locals know about (could be an area with a beautiful view, lovely cafe or challenging walks - anything really)', just to make our trip that bit more memorable.....
On our previous visit, we did all the usual touristy things and are looking to do some of them again (Rotorua, Auckland, Bay of Islands etc), but are also looking to do something a little different aswell.
We are only concentrating on the North Island (sorry all you lovely people of the South:o), and will have 3 weeks, 1 campervan with 2 very adventurous people on board!!:yes We will be visiting in Feb 2008.....
Any ideas or pointers you could give would be really great, even if it is just a link to a website or something similar. Also, any good places to stop on the way over? We are looking to break up the journey and will be spending one or two days relaxing, but with no specific location ear-marked at present.
Thanks for reading!:p
Cheers
Liam n Rach