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TukiTuki is a property which takes it’s name from the pituresque bay with it’s beautiful sandy beach on the West Coast of the Coromandel peninsula west of Colville village.
It is a coastal farm of 341 hectares in total with approximately 235 hectares of grassland and the balance in magnificent Pohutukawa, Puriri and other native trees along with some gorse. Read more…
The colours we experience now throughout the countryside as the trees don their autumn coats would not have been present in pre European times because there are very few native deciduous trees. Of the native deciduous trees the best known are the Kowhai and the Kotukutuku which is the largest Fuchsia in the world forming a tree to 13 metres Read more…
Our group landed in Namibia with a good supply of soccer balls as these are treasured by children of all ages because the balls they use are commonly made from what look like plastic bags filled with straw. (The photo showing old and new graphically illustrates the difference) Read more…
Don’t you all just love this new concept & way the site has evolved?(with a lot of help from that Kissnet guy!). We are busy trying to get used to the new ways of doing stuff…so I have left most of the uploading to John, just for a wee while. Now my turn to add! Read more…
The people we encountered on the road were often traders in hand crafts displayed on the roadside to entice travellers to stop and buy. The war fought between the South African forces, which were based here in Namibia, and the Russian supported troops based in Angola has had a lasting effect on the local people as can be seen by the handcrafts shown here. Read more…