We picked up the anchor and headed north to our desired destination, Whangaroa. Amazing scenery along the way, we were

Rowan had his usual early morning work calls to attend to before I even surface, not quite sure how he

The weather forecast for the next few days is very calm and sunny, so an ideal time to head north

I will try and not bore everyone with quite so many photos as the last around the island walk, but

Rowan has tweaked his back a little, nothing serious but wants to give it a rest, we think from gutting

We woke up and were able to fully admire the gorgeous bay we were in, last night was getting a

We got the kayak out and pumped up, as the beaches here are difficult for a heavy dinghy without wheels.

We had a busy morning getting the boat ready to depart. I cleaned the boat while we had marina water

We had a taxi booked at 10am to take us to Paihia where we took the passenger ferry to Russell.

The sun came and went all day, which was pretty tricky for doing laundry. I had to listen to the