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BAY OF ISLANDS AND NORTHLAND / Landfall Opua / Visit with Norm & Marianne / Road Trip / Bay of Islands Sail BAY OF ISLANDS TO WHANGAREI / Army Bay, Motura Island and our passage to Whangarei WHANGAREI and Life at Riverside Marina / Cruisers' Christmas / Around Riverside / Hungi |
THE CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND | CHRIS' VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND |
DRIVING ROUTE Click to enlarge map to show the driving route we took touring the South Island. We began by traveling down the West Coast and spent 2 week circumnavigating the island, returning to Picton via the East Coast. | |
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| NORTH ISLAND Tongariro to WELLINGTON
FIORDLAND SOUTHLANDS & OTAGO PENINSULA to Dunedin
ALPINE HEARLAND & CANTERBURY Christchurch
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Most yachts cruising the South Pacific spend a
cyclone season in New Zealand. We made landfall at Opua in the Bay
of Islands where the cruising area is gorgeous, very reminisce of
the Gulf Islands of B.C. After exploring the area, we sailed down
the coast, up the river and made Whangarei our home for almost 6
months. We left the boat at the secure marina there and explored New
Zealand by land, first the North Island, and then the South. 
