More adventures....change of direction

We're on the move again! Not quite in the direction we had originally planned!

We are heading north!!!! it's been a difficult decision... but we have been waiting for over a month for a safe weather window to head south, and it doesn't look like there will be one in the next ten days or so which takes us to nearly mid February. This would limit our exploring time in the fiords and not leave time to visit and experience Stewart Island. Our original plan had us already in Rakiura (Stewart Island) with time to visit and explore fiordland on our way back north.

We have decided to head to Whangaroa Harbour with a view of spending our next couple of months exploring all the places that we missed last time we were in Northland. Hopefully, to include the three Kings Islands and supposedly the best fish and chips in NZ at Mangonui Harbour.

To say that we are hugely disappointed that we haven't been able to reach the Fiords or Stewart Island this year would be very much an understatement, but... hey, there's always next year!

A safe weather window for the 480 nautical miles to head North has immediately opened for us, leaving Saturday morning. We are not finished yet with our adventures this year!Read more