Jess is a Wanderer was back in Whangarei staying out in the wop wops (Kiwi name for 'the sticks' or the back of beyond or the middle of nowhere...
Having settled into the lovely Airbnb accommodation with my new comrades (I've just taken on a volunteering job with event company XRACE) - there are eight of us who will all be travelling together for the next six weeks.
We have thirteen events to run and a whole lot of fun ahead. Day one involved some trampolining, some beaching and a visit to Mangere Falls. No-one really knows about these falls because they're located on private land and, well, out in the wop wops!
Here's some pics from these mysterious falls. Oh, and there's a tiny chapel overlooking them too. A fascinating find if ever there was one.