The headline ‘Road trip to Lawrence’ I found too boring. Therefore, some New Zealand travelers’ wisdom as substitute. 🙂
It pretty much is like that; you learn that any undertaking costs money. But not without a reason you are a traveler and so you sometimes spend a fortune on experiences.
And one of these experiences this road trip was. With Andrej, my Slovak flatmate, with me, I went on the road to Lawrence one Sunday.
There the first saleable gold of New Zealand was discovered, so you can see quite a deal of that past there…
The weather presented us with an engaging mix of rain and sunshine, but we adapted to that quickly.
This eventful day sprouted some pictures I want to show you now. And yes, they are many. 😉
We walked the paths of the old gold miners…
Maybe one day a Gold-Uncle has enjoyed this view after a successful day? 🙂
We took a little walk and were not disappointed by New Zealand for another time! Even in seemingly insignificant corners, idyll awaits.
Those who come visit me, will have the exclusive chance to have a picnic with me at this table. 🙂 Wouldn’t that be something?
Returned to the ‘city’ Lawrence, we looked at some of its buildings.
Luckily there is no standard for street name signs, so these ones show some (gold miners’) style!
Some feast for the eyes to all the electricians out there.
Someone else’s gardens. 🙂
After lunch and a cup of coffee (a year ago I couldn’t value the treat of a cup of coffee after a meal yet) we left Lawrence and went to Lake Mahinerangi, taking a bunch of photo stops. A nice name, I think I will miss that a lot in Germany… 🙂
A striking illustration of the weather.
Sheep are dumb. By nature, so this is no insult. You don’t mean any harm and they just run away right away! You wait for 5 minutes to snap some shots of these stupid things and the field is empty! And all that when I don’t even have a loud DSLR! I was a little fed up with sheep that day and that’s why there is only one picture of them doing what they love the most: Running away!
(rant’s end) 😀 I actually like sheep… When they are there. 🙂
The lake with its iconic bridge from above.
Our last major stop were the Waipori Falls. In the other pictures you have seen the scenery. A few kilometres further we found the waterfalls inside a deep gorge. After a great walk through the bush you can hop over the stones in the water up close to the falls…
A cute sticker, as I found. 😀
Here is another first-class example for a screen wallpaper. 😀
Road trips have curious chemistry. I can’t really describe it and sometimes ask myself, whether you can do this in Germany also. And if so, why I never just did it…
You don’t ALWAYS have to drive around with a destination ahead… 🙂
