https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV-Terikah/ Here’s the link to our Predict Wind tracking page that will update our location as we travel.
Who uses solar-powered Christmas lights? The southern hemisphere where it’s sunny summer in December! Christmas here is not commercialized (perhaps as it is a majority secular country? summertime?) and it is focused on spending time with family outdoors, camping and having a BBQ in the warm weather. We went to a Christmas parade in Paihia,…
We kicked off December by a “shake-down” camping overnight to nearby Whananaki. We walked the “Longest Footbridge in the Southern Hemisphere” at 395 metres, which was constructed in 1947, enabling the children living in Whananki South to attend school in Whananaki North. Previously the schoolteacher rowed a boat across the estuary twice a day to…
The morning after our November 12, 2024 arrival, we were greeted with a Welcome Bag of goodies including honey, cards, coupons for free drinks and bread, and rum?! Customs could not have been friendlier, funnier, or easier; as one agent on board disclosed his fishing hot spots and tips with Calder. Biosecurity agents reviewed the…