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... Pacific Ocean and the Tasman Sea meet in front the lighthouse on the cape.
The way back I was half asleep… although I enjoyed the country :)
As you can see on the pictures it is gorgeous. I think you canīt see what I saw, but maybe you can imagine a little bit.
Today I made a day at the beach with swimming in the ocean. (It was cold…)
Tomorrow I will go on a dolphin cruise and watch some dolphins and maybe go swimming with them. ...
Hole in the Rock & Haruru Falls
... to take 2 1/2hrs each way from Paihia. We hopped it wouldn't take us this long and luckily were right arriving at the falls in under 2 :) after a nice pit-stop with the water crashing down in front of us we made our way back. This now the end of trip to the bay of islands... And we head back down to Auckland tomorrow morning before final race preparations start in ernest! H & S ...
A Good First Impression
... it. We were given a fantastic tour by yet another picture-perfect Russell inhabitant, who was ridiculously informative and very entertaining. For example, she told us of how many common phrases originate from the printing press/tannery industry. Here are a few (pretend to be as excited as I was, ok?):
'Skiving off'- the act of scraping the excess hair and flesh off the leather with a sharp knife. Said to be the easiest physical job in the tannery, and a bit of a ...
The Blues Brothers fly
... were some substantial walks. However, when we arrived in Paihia itself it was glorious. The sun was shining over the Bay of Islands, the water was clear and Russell, the town over the bay, was having its annual Birdman festival. Decision made. We got a boat over the water and joined at least a thousand others in milling round the pretty town of Russell.
For those reading in places without Birdman festivals, and I didn't know they ...
The Gift Of Togetherness
... up on groceries in the hopes of saving some money and the fact that, believe it or not, one can get tired of restaurant food when one has it for eight months.
Our first campsite was in Tutukaka (most of the NZ towns have Maori names which are proving difficult to remember)- it was here that Vic was hoping to get a dive in near the Poor Knights Island which is supposed to be the site of one of the best subtropical dives in the world. ...
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