Tag: Bay of Islands

  • Bay of Islands, New Zealand: Waiting, Working, & Winging

    Anchored out front of Opua, we have access to stores with needed boat parts and hiking trails. At night, we hear the kiwis and morepork.  We say “Bon voyage” to our trusty dinghy Little T, as she gets passed on to another cruising boat heading to the tropics; we hope she holds on tight, as…

  • Camping & Anchoring in Northland, New Zealand

    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…