
Thursday 19 December – the wind is against us
We had planned to visit Tiritiri island, a bird sanctuary, on our way to Gulf Harbour marina where we are

We had planned to visit Tiritiri island, a bird sanctuary, on our way to Gulf Harbour marina where we are

We wanted to do another walk and thought we could go into the bay where we were anchored and walk

We woke up to blue skies and the wonderful view of the old Mansion House. It was a bit rolly

We woke up to pouring rain, the forecast was for rain all day long, and it was accurate! We had

Another calm day predicted with no wind so we headed for a little island off great Barrier that is only

We had a very lazy start to the day, Rowan thought he could hear people shouting on the beach but

The wind got up during the night and swung us 180 degrees, leaving us much closer to the rocks, than

We knew it was going to be a rainy grey day and it did not disappoint! As it was dead

We thought we would avoid the crowds and get to Cathedral Cove early to avoid the crowds. It was only

Monday was forecast to rain all day but luckily it only came late afternoon, after I had managed to do