Our plane on the tarmac at Fiji airport
Ferry Landing, Whitianga, New Zealand - 23rd November 1992
Nosher and The Old Chap reach New Zealand, via Fiji, and meet up with the relatives of Ferry Landing in the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand. There are visits to the local beaches, trips on the ferry to nearby Whitianga, a spot of fishing, visiting Cousin Steve's shop (Ferry Landing Stores, which Nosher's future wife would also visit a couple of years later) and listening to Mercury Bay FM - 'The Greatest Little Station in the Nation' - in the motel owned by Dad's brother Clive and his wife Margaret. There's also a chance to test out a theory that in the Southern Hemisphere the room spins round the other way when completely wrecked. Sadly, it doesn't seem to, as the Coriolis effect does not seem to impact upon beer-induced spinning.
next album: A Road-trip Through Rotorua to Palmerston, North Island, New Zealand - 27th November 1992
previous album: A 747 Cockpit, Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, O'ahu, Hawai'i, United States - 20th November 1992
Anna roams around on a trundle truck
Steve grins as Clive inspects the barbeque
Clive turns some chops over
Beers for tea
The eponymous Ferry Landing
The Ferry Landing Store
The Old Chap and Ferry Landing Store
The Ferry Landing library, and some classic cars
The Old Chap and Suzanne walk over to the Motel
Hot Water Beach
Clive and niece on the pier at Ferry Landing
The Ferry Landing pier
Clive chats
Clive chases his granddaughter
The boys do a spot of fishing
The Old Chap casts his line
Clive sits on rocks and waits
Clive climbs the rocks with a fish in tow
Clive and the Old Chap
Clive and Trevor
Beers in the Whitianga Social Club
On the ferry back from Whitianga
Suzanne looks out to sea
Clive and Trevor at the stern of the boat
Suzanne looks a little glum
Captain Birdseye shows off a gurnard
Suzanne takes the helm of the boat
The skipper chops some fish up
Our catch of the day
Disembarking the boat
A family gathering around the table at the Motel
Clive and The Old Chap eat chips in Whitianga
A mini waterfall tumbles over the cliff
Footprints on the beach at Cathedral Cove
Small boys mess around in the 'cathedral'
A woman roams around the cathedral
Cathedral cove
Another view of the beach
A tree on the beach
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Our plane on the tarmac at Fiji airport
Our plane on the tarmac at Fiji airport
Anna roams around on a trundle truck
Steve grins as Clive inspects the barbeque
Clive turns some chops over
Beers for tea
The eponymous Ferry Landing
The Ferry Landing Store
The Old Chap and Ferry Landing Store
The Ferry Landing library, and some classic cars
The Old Chap and Suzanne walk over to the Motel
Hot Water Beach
Clive and niece on the pier at Ferry Landing
The Ferry Landing pier
Clive chats
Clive chases his granddaughter
The boys do a spot of fishing
The Old Chap casts his line
Clive sits on rocks and waits
Clive climbs the rocks with a fish in tow
Clive and the Old Chap
Clive and Trevor
Beers in the Whitianga Social Club
On the ferry back from Whitianga
Suzanne looks out to sea
Clive and Trevor at the stern of the boat
Suzanne looks a little glum
Captain Birdseye shows off a gurnard
Suzanne takes the helm of the boat
The skipper chops some fish up
Our catch of the day
Disembarking the boat
A family gathering around the table at the Motel
Clive and The Old Chap eat chips in Whitianga
A mini waterfall tumbles over the cliff
Footprints on the beach at Cathedral Cove
Small boys mess around in the 'cathedral'
A woman roams around the cathedral
Cathedral cove
Another view of the beach
A tree on the beach