Monday 18 January
Our last port of call today we
were scheduled to arrive in Bay of Islands. The holiday haven of the north.
However, the weather was not playing fair. It was cool and rainy and the sea
was running so the tender to shore was quite a bumpy ride. The driver did an excellent job keeping guiding us in to the wharf.
We went
straight to the offices of Salt Air to see where things were at with regards
our booking for a helicopter flight out to Hole in the Rock. We were able to
reschedule which was great. The weather cleared a little and we took the ferry
across to Russell. We walked up to Flagstaff Hill for great views then wandered
down to town again for lunch in the historic Duke of Marlborough.
After a bit
of a wander around town checking out restaurants as possibilities for our stay
in a couple of days, we took the tender back to the ship as we had to pack and prepare
for disembarkation the next day.
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| Arriving in the Bay of Islands, the Hole in the Rock can be seen through the murky weather |
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| The wharf at Russell |
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| This is where the local policeman lives in Russell |
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| Well known for its traditional timber cottages, Russell is a very up market town |
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| The silver fern - a symbol of New Zealand |
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| If it lands face up it looks like this! |
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| The Solstice from the top of Flagstaff Hill |
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| Back in the town, we passed the time over lunch watching the weather try to make up its mind |
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| The weather had cleared well enough for the helicopter flights to take place |
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| This will be us in a couple of days |
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