Sunday, March 9, 2014

The Flying Tortoise Is Now Freedom Camping At Mahia Peninsula's Oraka On The Famous East Cape...

How time flies when you're having fun and all of a sudden I realised I'd been in the beautiful Hawkes Bay for nearly four months.
It was time to get some flying time and air miles completed before returning to Haumoana and Te Awanga in a few weeks.
And now I'm at a little place called Oraka on the Mahia Peninsula at one end of New Zealand's famous East Cape.
I was up really early yesterday morning to catch the many stages of this stunning sunrise.
The estuary is beckoning me to come kayaking, there's flounder waiting patiently for me to catch them and hopefully there'll be some kite fishing and surfcasting too.
It's a beautiful place, a few baches around for the few local inhabitants, the council keeps the area mown and the freedom campers look after the area too. We know that there will never be any high rises, multimillion dollar mansions or shopping malls within a squillion miles from here and that's better than good.
Wish you were here...














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14 comments:

  1. ErikaMarch 9, 2014 at 6:11 AM

    Keith, you are right, I wish I was there on the Mahia Peninsula. Great Place and a stunning sunrise. Reminds me of this: "Life is not measured by the breaths we take,
    but by the moments and places that take our breath away"

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  2. pbMarch 9, 2014 at 8:26 AM

    Well you must be working for the NZ tourist agency? Wonderful photos....! No other vehicles....! Beautiful!

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  3. Andolphus GreyMarch 9, 2014 at 11:07 AM

    There is freedom camping and there is freedom camping. That, my friend, is the way to do it.

    Beautiful!

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  4. RobMarch 9, 2014 at 1:09 PM

    That is a beautiful place. I was curious as to where it was...in the overall so I went to google maps to look for it.

    http://goo.gl/maps/dyLxG

    It helps me when I can see where in the world it is. Is the internet a great thing or what?

    Thank you for sharing this...

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  5. UnknownMarch 9, 2014 at 1:27 PM

    Returning from a fine concert with "CODY" in the town and still with the music in my head I will relaxe and look what is on your blog today. Find the most wonderful photos showing the fantastic Nature. Only the Tortoise tells us about human activity. Wish I was there...

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  6. AnonymousMarch 10, 2014 at 5:13 AM

    Ditto!

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  7. ValMarch 10, 2014 at 7:28 AM

    I wish I were there too. But the only way I'm gonna make it is to build this:

    http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/13/projects/oryx/image003.jpg

    and sail it there.

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  8. UnknownMarch 10, 2014 at 7:41 AM

    Ohhh dont ya just love being a kiwi in NZ, look at our wonderful backyard !!

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  9. Licorice AllsortMarch 10, 2014 at 10:48 AM

    A stunning sunrise and a great place to find to freedom camp. You won't want to leave. Hope the kayaking and fishing happens.

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  10. Wanda Thompson-KielMarch 10, 2014 at 3:16 PM

    Ancestral home of my father - could anything be more beautiful, thank you.

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  11. Alicja FenigsenMarch 10, 2014 at 7:20 PM

    WOW!!

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  12. Island Woman MJMarch 10, 2014 at 11:38 PM

    What a feeling it must be to know such stunning views is safe! Beautiful.

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  13. The Odd CoupleMarch 12, 2014 at 5:43 PM

    One of the most striking things about The Flying Tortoise is...... that it's not very striking.
    It's not a visual intrusion as so many R.V's are these days with the brilliant white paint adorned with coloured swirls and eye grabbing motifs.
    It just sits there, humbly, allowing the magic of it's surroundings to become our focus, instead of the usual "HEY, LOOK AT ME" of R.V's today.
    So, thank-you Mr.Keith for your quiet wisdom and modesty.
    It's a beautiful thing you do

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