Back in Whangarei

Our route round N Island

Huge apologies!

We've been aboard Harlequin  in NZ since November and not a single post! Too busy cruising, the inevitable socializing and exploring this lovely country to blog about it, I suppose. That's the only excuse.

We've just made it back to Whangarei, completing our 4 month circumnavigation of North Island and are now up on the hard at Docklands 5 slapping on the annual anti-foul and preparing for our departure to Tonga & Fiji in about a week's time.

So there should be time to 'back-fill' some of the cruising stories we should have posted over the last few months, before we depart.

Sue hard at work

The map shows our route round N Island since December, during which we've enjoyed visits from David & Fiona, Pat, Sebastian, Olli & David (briefly) James & Sue, Julie, Nico, Kobi & Yuval, Steve & Jo, Dan, Declan, John, Jon & Tim, Adam, David, Warren, Matteo, Russell & Cathy, Jamie, Jean & Jo, Chris & Chrissie, and Iain & Cathy. Phew!

Now just a week to go, to be spent provisioning and weather-watching, trying to get a feel for the approaching weather systems as we prepare for the 'off'...