GYPSY GIGOLO JOURNAL #61

Welcome back faithful reader!

This version of The Journal is a bumper edition to acknowledge 5 years on the road.

Just for a change, you get to attempt to identify where we are.

Some iconic locations are blindingly obvious, others are obtusely obscure.

The sequence is random both geographically and chronologically.

Just scroll a few pics down to get the answers.



a) We start the show with sunrise at which Karikari Penisular beach in the far north?

 b) Maori legend has it that Maui used Stewart Island as the anchorstone for his canoe. This is a link in the anchor chain back on the mainland - where?

c) The beach is called Te Awanga, what is the name of the cape in the background?

d) The maori name is Otuihau. Where are we?

e) This is the wreck of Talleys Fisheries first vessel, the Janie Seddon. Which foreshore is its resting place?

 f) What is the name of the glacier in the background?

Answers 

a) Maitai Bay

b) Bluff

c) Cape Kidnappers

d) Whangarei Falls

e) Motueka

f) Franz Josef

g) This rock excavation is in the lower Buller Gorge. What is the name of the cutting?

 h) The spirits depart from here for Hawaiki - where are we?

i) We are at Aoraki/Mount Cook. What is the monument for?

j) The Hokianga enjoyed some of NZ's earliest history. This is all that remains of a once-busy garage on which settlement on the harbour?

k) What is the name of these boulders?

l) The politically correct would call the mountain Taranaki. What is the real name of the lighthouse and the peak?

Answers

g) Hawks Crag

h) Cape Reinga

i) In memory of those climbers who perished in the national park 

j) Kohukohu

k) Moeraki Boulders

l) Mount Egmont and Cape Egmont lighthouse

m) The rocks are called the Pancake Rocks and the blowhole is named Putai - what is the placename?

n) Winston Peters' family home is around the corner at Whananaki. Name this bay.

 o) The Buller River flows out into the Tasman Sea here. Where are we?

p) This placename just rolls off the tongue! What province are we in?

q) Most of our roads afford comfortable travel. This one is a bit more remote - where are we?

r) The Omaio marae. Where is Omaio?

Answers

m) Punakaiki

n) Otamure Bay

o) Westport

p) Hawke's Bay

q) Greenstone Station Road, north of Lake Wakatipu (Queenstown)

r) Bay of Plenty, north east of Opotiki

s) Where is the Tui Brewery?

t) This is the last bit of civilisation before the start of the Heaphy Track. Where?

u) Little Barrier to the left, Channel Island centre right, Great Barrier right. Soaking up the sun where?

v) The Vulcan Hotel is of mud-brick construction and was built in 1882. Where is it?

w) Welcome to the Portage Resort on Kenepuru Sound in the Marlborough Sounds. Which brand of beer are we drinking?

 x) Idyllic sunset at Akapoua Bay. Where are we?

Answers
s) Mangatainoka
t) Karamea
u) Port Jackson on the Coromandel Peninsular
v) St Bathans in Central Otago
w) Beats the shit out of me!
x) Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island

y) Where is this convenient parking place?

z) Very frosty in this valley! Not many people get to....................?

aa) The perfect photo! The glaciers are in the background, what is the name of the lake?

 bb) The area is Tasman Bay, not far from the Abel Tasman National Park. What is the name of the rock in the background?

cc) This is the final shot of this 5th anniversary edition.
What geographical area is Slope Point located in?

Answers
y) Te Papa Museum in Wellington.
z) I bet this one got ya!? This is a place called Paradise, near the head of Lake Wakatipu, not far from Glenorchy.
aa) This picture postcard shot is at Lake Matheson.
bb) Split Apple Rock.
cc) Final answer is The Catlins.

Hope you enjoyed the journey and had some fun identifying the locations.

Full steam ahead now into the sixth year on the road.

Thanks for watching.

Good luck to all your families.