Outdoor Sculpture Trail at Brick Bay, Matakana | North Auckland, NZ

[@forrestgoryl1650]

So grateful for this channel! I'm working towards moving to NZ and seeing all of your videos inspires me to keep up the work

[@PeterandYen]

Best of luck Forrest 🍀🍀🍀🙂 thank you for your kind words too 🙏

[@forrestgoryl1650]

@@jonylawson73 not planning on auckland

[@tidalwave707]

@@forrestgoryl1650 // Good call mate, there's a simple way to see if you can afford a mortgage here. Are you within the top 5% of earners? No? Can't afford it. Yes? Can afford it but it will be a struggle.

[@nikkilogan7726]

Very beautiful artsy place! Perfect for art lovers who like outdoors

[@PeterandYen]

💯🙂👍

[@rob1971]

What a lovely place to visit for a relaxed afternoon, and that meal looks delicious 😊

[@PeterandYen]

Great place to spend an afternoon for sure 😊

[@nickandhelmi]

What a beautiful garden with pond & love how creative those sculptures 🤩 LOL i literally google terminator 2 😅

[@PeterandYen]

Waaaa Helmi no way? You and nick need to watch it together ASAP is a classic

[@lh6135]

Another pleasant and positive showcase to visit around Auckland, with food to boot. Thank you both for a breakfast vlog and have a great week

[@PeterandYen]

Thank you L H 🙂 hope you're having a lovely weekend too! Happy Easter (if you celebrate it!) 🐇🙂

[@NorjahanAKarim]

Hi Peter & Yen. Nice sculptures trail & the restaurant too. Btw your previous video taking on a train ride. It's brings back memories how for the first time I took train from Wellington to Hamilton just to have the experience. It was smooth ride, amazing view.👍

[@PeterandYen]

Thanks for watching both videos! This was a nice place and yea the Tranzalpine scenic rail was amazing! You must've done the northern explorer 🙂👍

[@nzcyclone]

Looked very lovely. Been a long long long time since was last up that way. More years than I am going to admit to here anyways :P. Really lovely video Peter and Yen , thank you to you both for sharing with us all. Keep safe and well and happy.

[@PeterandYen]

Hahaha thanks for watching Greg glad you enjoyed it. Hope you're keeping well too 😊

[@nzcyclone]

@@PeterandYen I see more heavy rain for up your way is forecast. Keep warm and safe if you do end up getting it. Yeah pretty good here thanks. I note though the nights and mornings now are seriously starting to have that "winter" feel about them. Thank you for your wishes :)

[@bookwormfaith]

haha I immediately thought of Gardens by the Bay at that particular sculpture too

[@PeterandYen]

Haha right?? Nz version 😁✌️

[@robhaunui3343]

Good to see you two made it over to Snells Beach. It's an awesome spot,we worked out there 7 years ago,and were always sneaking off down there instead of working - a great little spot all along the beach front

[@PeterandYen]

Hahaha 😆 pretty sweet spot to sneak out to! Love how many beaches there are all over NZ ay and you're really never too far from one 🙂

[@intrepidadventurer1932]

Noticed Peter put the restaurant before the walk in the intro! Haha! Ok so yet another location I haven't been to! Wow the glasshouse restaurant how cool is that! Right over the water! Yeah those sculptures look really cool! Oh haha Yen was hilarious when she rung those bells, that first one especially! Yeah some really cool stuff there! Another cool job on this!

[@PeterandYen]

Thank you 🙂 Hopefully you get the chance to visit 🙂👍 it's a nice spot tucked away in matakana!

[@kwanruethaimalee4652]

Art in the garden look gorgeous

[@PeterandYen]

Yes! There's a couple of great sculpture walks around and this was a nice one too 🙂👍

[@donbrashsux]

You guys really do present the best travel vlogs ..they make me feel very home sick ..the editing is just amazing

[@PeterandYen]

Thank you, we appreciate the kind words 🙏🙂 hopefully you'll get the chance to return to NZ soon especially with borders opening back up this year 🤞🍀

[@RudyVisuals]

Yum the figs with the burrata cheese sound perfect for a hot day like that 😋

[@PeterandYen]

So good 🤤 burrata all day any day haha

[@russellturner1909]

All the best and a ton of love 😎😎😎

[@PeterandYen]

Thank you Russell 🙌😊

[@rlim9947]

Looks like a nice spot for a day trip. Good video, guys !

[@PeterandYen]

Thanks Dad 👍 yup it's a great place to spend an afternoon 🙂

[@nickandhelmi]

Even Auckland is beautiful with lots of places to visit! Lol restaurant > sculptures hey peter 😉

[@PeterandYen]

Auckland #1 😂

[@koehf405]

Hi from Florida. Be Safe.

[@hudsonquay]

Glad you enjoyed your visit. That brought back some great memories for me, I miss that area. Brick Bay beach around the corner from Snells is such an amazing little bay when the tide is in. The water is shallow, clear and warm and there's a beautiful old pohutukawa with a swing and picnic bench. I used to take the Weber and chill all day. Down in Hawkes Bay now right next to Te Mata Peak which is great but the beaches aren't as good as up in Auckland.

[@PeterandYen]

Thanks again for the recommendation Dean it was a fun day out 😁 we will miss these kind of days while we're in turkey for the next few months. Too true north island beaches > south island ones 😂

[@hudsonquay]

@@PeterandYen Hey I'm not a South Islander! Enjoy Turkey! Mmm lahmacun, kebabs, menemen...

[@PeterandYen]

Hahahah o man totally got my geography messed up! How could I forget te mata 😅 loved it there 👍 turkey has been awesome so far, eaten all those and more 😁

[@calatoruldac]

Hello! Greetings from România 🇷🇴. Congratulations for this very nice and interesting video. ❤️ Have a beautiful day! 🤗

[@PeterandYen]

Hello thanks for watching hope you enjoyed it. Have a great week ahead 🤙

[@NuandJuan]

Amazing view! We have just moved in to New Zealand from the Philippines not long ago, and your vlogs helps us to visit these places real soon. By the way, what sofware or app you guys using for editing? Thanks

[@PeterandYen]

Aw nice welcome to NZ you two! 😊 You'll have an incredible time traveling around NZ 🙂👍 we use Adobe premiere pro for all our editing.

[@NuandJuan]

@@PeterandYen Appreciate that! Thank you :)

[@RaceCarFriends]

Those fries looked amazing! This video was very calming and fun to watch the only thing that threw me off was the pond, living in Florida I kept expecting to see gators in the pond it was hard for me to get my head around that you guys don't have any gators, or snakes, or mountain lions, or panthers or bears lurking around the woods there lol.

[@PeterandYen]

Hahaha yea don't need to watch your back for wild animals like that here in NZ thankfully 😆 as cool and amazing as those animals are, we're glad we don't need to have any face off with them in NZ nature places 😂

[@RaceCarFriends]

@@PeterandYen Yup another great selling point lol.

[@PeterandYen]

😂👍

[@Golfadventureswithchris]

I want to visit this place it looks so peaceful and beautiful

[@PeterandYen]

It's mint 👌 😁

[@emilybutler1755]

Have you guys been to the Natures wonders tour in Dunedin, highly recommend, Perry and his wife are lovely and it's lots of fun!

[@PeterandYen]

Haven't done that tour we will keep it in mind next time we're in Dunedin thanks 🤙

[@RudyVisuals]

The sculpture trail looks awesome, we went on something very similar the other day but instead of contemporary statues, there were hidden fairytale works of art there. It was so fun trying to spot them along the route 😃

[@PeterandYen]

That sounds so cool! 🧚‍♀️ Love stuff like that 🙂👍

[@darylmckay]

Another fun vlog 👏😃

[@PeterandYen]

Thanks Daryl! Hope you're having a sweet long weekend 😊 just quietly.. this is actually our second to last video for awhile coz we've got some exciting news which we'll share with everyone in the final vlog next Sunday (we're going overseas again!!) Got family returning to NZ very soon that we'll be spending time with since it's been years and then after that.. we're going to... 🦃🇹🇷😁 So having a lil break before we start posting again 🙂

[@darylmckay]

@@PeterandYen how wonderful! I'm so glad you are getting the chance to see whanau again 😃. And to head overseas for a bit, it's well earned 👏. Thanks for keeping us all (semi) sane during all the lockdowns. ❤

[@PeterandYen]

Yea! It's been about 5 and a half years since sis has been back.. 4.5 for brother in law.. long time. Very excited for Turkey too.. a whole new adventure awaits 😊🙌

[@darylmckay]

@@PeterandYen that sounds like a beautiful and very personal time ❤. It's lovely to hear that you're finally reconnecting in person and spending time together. All that and Turkey 🇹🇷 too 😃

[@家铭-h6m]

I was there yesterday. Hahaha... Great Place to visit.

[@PeterandYen]

It is a great spot! Did you do just the sculpture trail or did you have lunch too? 🙂

[@家铭-h6m]

@@PeterandYen Just the Sculpture Trail & it was sponsored by Auckland city council :=). Too poor & got no $$$money to hv lunch there. Hahahahaha.....

[@SeoulMan2020]

Was bummed didn’t get to see any 🐸, but stoked to see some fishies 🐟😁. And of course…Nothing like the perfect summer bite…in autumn 🍁😆. Gardens by the Bay is the first place that spot reminded me of too… Glad no sandflies this week! Looked like a great day trip with great food, great scenery, and great company! Thanks guys, and as always, safe travels (especially coming up😁). *T-1000😉

[@PeterandYen]

😂😂 I remember thinking damn.. it is summery as still 😆 but now it definitely feels like autumn with much cooler days!! Thanks Hans! We're currently editing our final vlog for awhile which will go up this Sunday (the opening had flies and sand flies but thankfully not the biting ones 😆) and yes! I ended up googling T-1000 for his name after Peter mentioned it hahaha 😂 such a cool character 😁 hope you're well! Keep safe too 😊 oh btw!! Finally caught up and finished watching AoT 🔥🔥🔥🔥 can't wait for the next season! It was such an epic part 2!

[@SeoulMan2020]

@@PeterandYen argggghhhhhh it went by too fast and now another year to wait 😭😭😭 Saw a pretty cool Eren (titan form) figure recently...but unfortunately, no Armin...

[@PeterandYen]

Yes! Long wait 🥲🥲 hope it'll be an epic ending! I just dunno how it's gonna wrap up coz I've held off from reading the manga. Have you read it? Peter read it ages ago. I'm soo tempted 😅😅

[@SeoulMan2020]

@@PeterandYen I remember you mentioned Peter read the manga, and I thought for sec...should iiiiiii? ...but I was like naaaaah...I'm all in on the animation!! If it was Western cinema, I'd guess Eren changes his mind, plants trees and flowers, becomes bros with Reiner, marries Mikasa and all is happily ever after... but since it's not, I have no idea.... 2023??? 😭😭😭 (I do know one character who will die - saw it while reading something - and I'm super bummed)

[@PeterandYen]

This hits different after watching your latest video 🥺 but yea.. unlikely that it'll be a happy ending (I still wanna be naively optimistic that it could be though!) But in all likelihood I think it'll be something devastating and leave us feeling all sorts. I'm gonna hold out for the anime too I reckon then after its finished, turn to reading the manga for some "comfort" 😅 aww man I'm gonna guess it's either Conny or Jean? 😧

[@carlsmith653]

Pete. The sun sets in the west.

[@alyden567]

It was busy last Saturday when we came for a visit. Probably because of Matakana Flea Market

[@PeterandYen]

Ooo true.. guess we got lucky with a nice quiet weekday 🙂👍

[@ouradventerousdays]

I love sculptures too. I haven't seen one in ages. Each year there is Sculpture by the sea in Bondi but my husband never keen to see it. Have u guys been to one?

[@PeterandYen]

Oooo yes! We were lucky enough to catch it in Sydney a few years back. We included a few of the sculptures in the Auckland vs Sydney beaches vlog.

[@ouradventerousdays]

@@PeterandYen I will check it out. Wonder which years you guys went. The last one we went I think like 2010.

[@PeterandYen]

Hmmm can't quite remember but I think we went in 2018?

[@mattbutler3292]

Thanks for a cool video - really enjoyed it . Who is yr favourite NZ Artist please ?

[@PeterandYen]

No worries glad you enjoyed it, lots of favorites but the one that we were almost going to buy once was the geometric dog by Ben Foster.

[@mattbutler3292]

@@PeterandYen i looked up Ben Fosters work and it's great - so thanks . I really like Bill Hammond and Ralph Hotere and many others . Going to check out -Nature Boy: The Photography of Olaf Petersen at the ak Museum.

[@SubTobLanK]

It seems everywhere you go I go to in the next month. Take this as an example I went here a month later after you guys went

[@PeterandYen]

Haha that's great! Hope you enjoyed it 🙂 did you hear any of the monkey calls? 🤣

[@SubTobLanK]

@@PeterandYen sadly no monkey calls

[@davidbeazley1958]

Just wondering... Do your meal prices include the drinks or just the food?

[@PeterandYen]

It's the total meal price so includes any drinks we get too 🙂👍

[@davidbeazley1958]

@@PeterandYen thanks Yen. 🙂

[@TwoHungryDiners]

Love the vibe in this vlog, so calm and peaceful 😌 You guys started with a good activity - eating 😋 Oh man that burrata with figs, looks super yummy! The glasshouse looks so beautiful too. Yen’s always feeling something healthy, isn’t she 😁 The sculpture walk is so nice, such a great place to spend time after a nice lunch. Haha we’ve seen those street signs claimed as “art” too 😅

[@PeterandYen]

Hahaha I actually rarely feel like something healthy 😂 but I think coz it was just quite hot that day so I prefer something light and then the goat cheese sounded yum 😋 those signs.. so tricky hahaha 🚸🛑🚧

[@86snow]

letsgoooooooooooooooooo

[@raybon7939]

I def a bicycle person, I really do not like cars , so was wondering with electric bikes or electric scooters is fixing them like in the u.s. where's there's parts for these things. I like the glass house .. My house would have glass all over it....lloll.

[@AdamfromtheATEAM]

Aucklands mint, west is best always tho 🔥

[@PeterandYen]

The west is amazing! Some of our fave spots are out west 😁👍

[@halloffamer4106]

WHY DON'T YOU GO TO NEW ZEALAND FARM, WITH PASTOR JAMES. AKA JUMBO.