New Zealand and Safe Harbor

November 16, 2016  Kalliope Arrives New Zealand

This is a dawn view of New Zealand's Bay of Islands.  We are very happy to enter sheltered waters.

After sixteen days at sea, Deb unwinds by securing some of the lines we used on the passage.

The day after clearing customs and immigration we walk the

"Paihia Track" a couple miles between seaside villages.  It

starts as a marked path over gravel and rocks of the beach.

Depending on who you ask, these are

cormorants or skag.  (I asked Deb.)

It becomes a narrow track clinging

to the cliff just above the beach.

We break out of the brush to a couple of business 

and small clusters of homes.  This shot represents

Doug's Boatyard and Phil's Yacht Rental.

We duck back into the brush for the last hundred yards

before emerging to the commercial center of Opua.

The Okiato ferry approaches the Opua landing.