Thames, New Zealand
Known as the gateway to the Coromandel, Thames is just over an hours drive from Auckland International Airport. Centrally located, most towns are within 1.5 hours drive, so it's the perfect place to base yourself when exploring the Coromandel region.
Market Day at Grahamstown Thames New Zealand
Denture Plus Clinic Opening Day
Thames Butterfly and Orchid Garden – New Zealand’s Biggest Gap Year – Backpacker Guide New Zealand
Day 3: Join us at the Coromandel’s ridiculously beautiful Thames Butterfly and Orchid Garden! It’s part of our activity challenge in New Zealand’s Biggest Gap.
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It’s day 3 on New Zealand’s Biggest Gap Year where today’s activity is to go to the Thames Butterfly and Orchid Garden. The affordable activity holds many surprises as we wander around this tropical hot house abundant with beautifully-coloured butterflies and plants. You can find the Thames Butterfly and Orchid Garden just a short drive from Thames in the Dickson Holiday Park. It’s definitely worth checking out in the Coromandel region of New Zealand.
However, things don’t start quite so smoothly this morning when our campervan gets stuck in the mud. Backpacker problems, right? See how we get out of that mess in the video. Plus, we have a few campervan repairs to do so that we can continue on our backpacking trip around New Zealand by campervan!
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365 Days: 365 Activities
Robin and Laura from BackpackerGuide.NZ are challenging themselves to 365 days of 365 activities in New Zealand. Every single day, the team have to do an activity. That way, we can show you the true New Zealand backpacking experience and bring you the best travel guide to New Zealand on our website, BackpackerGuide.NZ and on YouTube! What’s more, it’s totally free.
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Beyond the Beehive: Thames
Being young and in Thames:
It's a good vibe.
It's a funny town, man. It goes up and down.
There is a lot of opportunities around. You just got to search and dig for it
Beyond the Beehive is presented by Max Towle.
Produced by Max Towle, John Lake and Lucy Smith.
Filmed and edited by John Lake.
Executive producer Marcus Stickley.
This video was made with funding support from NZ On Air.
NZ Thames Butterfly Orchid Garden and Coromandel NY Market
Hi, I had an one day trip to Thames and Coromandel during NY holiday with some of my lovely friends. Here are some footages. I hope you will like this video. Please thumbs up and subscribe. Thanks heaps.
Steam Punk Festival Montage Thames NZ 2015
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I try to capture the spirit of this public Steampunk festival on the streets of New Zealand with some raw footage from my brief visit and some quick editing - enjoy!
Coromandel, New Zealand Travel Guide
Coromandel - one of the finest areas to visit in New Zealand. Sit back and relax as we take you to some places you'll definitely want to visit!
Stop 1 - Our opening scene, also used in the Narnia movie.
Te Whanganui-A-Hei otherwise known as Cathedral Cove
If you're planning a visit to New Zealand - Coromandel, Cathedral Cove is a must visit destination with its iconic cave and stunning beach. Get ready for a bit of a scenic bush walk down to the famous cove and make sure you watch the video for some handy parking tips.
Stop 2 - When you're in Coromandel Town and hunger kicks in, you just have to get some Coromandel green lipped muscles. We stop off at Pepper Tree Restaurant and Bar in Coromandel Town to get some of these tasty molluscs and some delicious calamari too.
Address - 31 Kapanga Rd, Coromandel 3506
Hours: Monday - Sunday 10am–9pm
Stop 3 - With our bellies full it's time for another famous spot, Hahei Hot Water Beach. This hot water beach is on Mercury Bay on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, approximately 12 kilometres south east of Whitianga. An amazing phenomenon occurs at this beach where if you dig up holes in the right spot you actually get access to hot spa-like waters. Go prepared with your spade and make yourself your very own hot spa pool on the beach.
Stop 4 - We retire for the evening at Dawn's AirBnb
If you're looking for a great place to stay in Coromandel Town, Dawn's AirBnb is a lovely little home away from home and such a cute cabin accommodation located on a farm and in a very convenient area of Coromandel Town. Dawn is a fantastic host so definitely check out her Coromondel accommodation if you're looking for a great place to stay. Fits 3 people very comfortably and if you're lucky you'll get a visit from her cute cat and dogs!
Stop 5 - On our final day we head over to Whitianga which is a short approximately 45 minute drive away from Coromandel Town to go to another one of our must visit spots. The Lost Spring. Enjoy this hidden paradise with geothermal spas and hot pools in a beautiful secluded nature setting. The Lost Spring in Whitianga is particularly enjoyable in cooler weather. You can even order some food and drinks to enjoy by the hot pools.
Address: 121A Cook Dr, Whitianga 3510
Hours: Monday - Sunday 9:30am–7pm
Stop 6 - Finally if you're craving Asian food there aren't that many choices in Coromandel Peninsula but over in Whitianga we take you to our favourite Asian (Thai) restaurants, The House of Chang Thai.
Address: 33 Albert St, Whitianga 3510
Hours: Monday - Sunday 11:30am–2:30pm, 5–9pm
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Thames, NZ. Steampunk 2019 THE DANCING DIVAS
One of the enjoyable and entertaning performaces at the annual Steampunk Festival in Thames, New Zealand.
New Zealand Avenue, Walton-on-Thames during redevelopment
New Zealand Avenue, Walton-on-Thames shown during the redevelopment of the town centre prior to the construction of the Sainsburys supermarket. Courtesy of Walton-on-Thames.org
THE YEARLY THAMES GOLDRUSH MARKET.
This the market that is on once a year.here in Thames over here in New Zealand. If you ever think about coming to New Zealand for the Christmas Holidays, be sure to check out this awesome market.
Thames Storm Surge Sea Flood 5 Jan 2018
Storm Surge and Sea Flooding Event Firth of Thames – Kaiaua, Thames and Thames Coast New Zealand 5 January 2018. Why it happened and a montage of video clips and photos of the inundation event.
Check out my blog on climate change, sea level rise and how these impact Thames Coromandel at
Other local and National issues get covered as well.
The Thames
Timelapse of the Coromandel Peninsula's former gold-field town of Thames 150 years after the gold rush ended.
Photographed and Edited by Peter James Quinn peterjamesquinn.com
Music: Ravi by Dylan Wade
Thames 150 Anniversary - Beginnings
Restocking The Thames (1920)
Molesey.
Intertitle: TO RESTOCK THE THAMES. Annual netting of reservoirs has commenced.
M/S of several men standing on the bank a reservoir, tugging a rope. They appear to be pulling something out of the water. M/S of a row of men pulling a large fishing net from the water. M/S of several men squatting on the bank watching another man holding a hand fishing net full of fish. Presumably the fish are taken from the reservoirs and transferred to the River Thames.
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STEAMPUNK THE THAMES - PARADE 2018
The thing I like about Steampunk in Thames is the way the community gets behind the festival and the really happy and pleasant atmosphere in tiown over the four days the Festival spreads over. It is lots of fun.
European cars | Continental Cars | 1970s cars | Drive in | 1973
Tony Bastable and Richard Hudson Evans take a look at the latest offerings from the continent that are being shown at the 1973 motor show at Earls Court.
First shown: 15/10/1973
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Time & Tide - The Thames Aotearoa New Zealand
A fascinating time-lapse documentary of the historic former goldfields township of Thames on New Zealand's Coromandel Peninsula. It showcases the beauty of the town and its heritage 1800s architecture as well as the vibrant community spirit focused around a weekly Saturday morning craft and produce market held in Grahamstown, the historic heart of Thames. With soulful and uplifting background instrumentals by Thames Coast musician, Dylan Wade, this video is a treat to experience. Best viewed in HD 1080p setting.
Find Dylan here to learn of his upcoming gigs or to get in touch to buy a copy of his album Life on CD.
The time-lapse was photographed and produced by New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year, Peter James Quinn, from over 4,000 still frames that can be made into fine art prints, taken from any point in the video. Go to to see more images and videos and go here to learn about how to order fine art prints for your wall
Mark Skelding: Thames-Coromandel, Localised NZ communities which connect and prosper towards a...
This dialogue with Mark is a continuation of interviewing NZers around the country based on ‘pulling the strings of localised community together’ and linking them across the nation.
Mark is a passionate change agent and realises the importance of having robust and resilient communities founded around: Farmers markets, permaculture, organics, green dollars and Time banks as well as building shelter and sustainable buildings, holistic health, homeschooling, mensheds and women’s cooperatives, plus other regenerative initiatives.
That all of these connect the community into a vibrant, self reliant organism.
For many years in some cases decades there has been a growing awareness by NZers - especially away from the largest cities that in small towns and villages across the country, people still have a sense of community.
That people seeking both better connection, and environmental quietness away from the pace and size of urban conglomeration have gravitated to the rural setting, that is always accompanied by being close to the sea or ocean in some way.
So apologising in advance, I trust that you forgive me and advise me accordingly if I have committed your town, village of region below.
From Kaitaia up North, to Kerikeri, Hokianga, Whangerei and …..
To Thames Coromandel, Raglan over to Gisborne, the Hawkes Bay Hastings region. To Wanganui, Masterton
To the Soul Island of Nelson, Motueka, Takaka and Golden Bay, to Kaikura and Lyttelton, the West Coast and further South - people have steadily built a cooperative commercial understanding around markets and now farmers markets are a key hub to community getting to gather to cooperate in other ways as the threads of community tie in so many other aspects from holistic health, to shared working bees, permaculture, organics, recycling etc see list at the bottom of this article.
Marks interview on what is happening in the Thames Coromandel starts with how people are addressing housing and shelter.
Having many differing forms of life style, and various forms of building homes - Cobb houses , rammed earth, straw bale, lots of permaculture permutations - people living ‘off grid’ and largely self sufficiently - other people living semi on grid whilst developing organic businesses - green businesses, lots of sole traders - that is sort of going on at one level.
At another level also grappling with how to connect up with other parts of the community that are more traditional - who have come there to retire and live in peace by the sea but are now becoming alarmed by sea level rise and climate change - eroding roads as over the last 18 months massive storms have come up the Firth of Thames and the Coast road up to Coromandel has been taken out. Plus lots of flooding on the other coast and at Whitianga as well.
There are some intentional communities, as well as spiritual communities that are rarely well integrated into the larger community running meditation courses as well as extending into town as a shop presence.
People looking at ways of cooperating to group together on the land and adding tiny houses etc
But in a sharing of care, Mark mentions there is also now on the other side of the situation about 30 homeless people living in Thames - sleeping in cars - or sleeping out at the back of the community garden etc and some of them have various addictions of some kind or another so there is still growing challenges around the dispossessed that needs to be addressed.
Why? Because these people don’t have that sense of community and connection … and access to the resources to be able to change their lives - like to buy some land you are talking half a million dollars so there is definitely a different social strata
around different degrees of wealth, resources and affluence involved and amidst all this correct choices that have been taken.
Mark shares from a humorous perspective how the people strive for success and then laughingly asks how does one define success?
He says how do we equate neo liberal economics with half a dozen people sleeping in a car outside your house …?
That neo liberal perspectives are so interwoven into our society that often we all don’t realise how embedded we really are inside this economic model. Like a goldfish may have no concept of water!
SEALAND HOVERCRAFT
Britain leads the world in Hover travel. This is the latest in six seaters. Demonstration on the Thames with Graham Hill. Canada, Australia and New Zealand possible good markets.
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