Another day another bay – one is better then the next. Whangaparapara is about 3 hours south of Port Fitzroy (a port in name only). Home to an old whaling station, there are also nice bush walks.
The picture is of the old boiler used to boil down the what oil. Over a period of a few years in the late 1700’s over 20,000 whales were taken by net or harpoon just offshore and processed here.
Iron Lady and our dink are waiting just off shore.
NZ has an enormous number of walking trails. Deb and I went for another 3 hour walk about.
Picture of a swing bridge over a small stream with Deb trying to make the bridge rock while I was taking a picture.
NZ has very steep terrain. The pictures really don’t convey just how steep it is, but you can see the boat below. Hopefully we are losing weight.
Finally a shot of Deb in her galley with the mobile herb garden in the back. While on some sea trials, they tried to make an unauthorized escape from the galley.
More to come on that.
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