Russell Stories


ANOTHER VISIT TO THE BAY OF ISLANDS

Took a drive to Paihia, to check out the ferry situation. It turned out that passenger ferries travel to Russell from Paihia, but just down the coast at Opua, you can catch a car ferry across. So that is what we did. And what a car ferry. I was pleased about the Intercity poster on the boat, which transported all of 8 cars at a time. Russell is ...


In Russell - for one last day

Really getting the hang of this being lazy. Today, not much has happened. We spent the morning out on a boat viewing dolphins. Generally they just swam, some jumped but mainly with the swimming. We got so see some baby dolphins too which we were told was rare. It was also a great way to se the coast, boats are good for that type of thing. Following t...


Strong sun and near death!

Day one (excluding landing day but that never really counts). A late wake up followed by a trip over to Long Beach. Ed went for a snorkel Miss Black baked. They make the sun pretty strong over here. Everybody warned us but what can you do. Ed's soft white under-belly came off worst. Lunch Parasailing - this is no ordinary activity. This is NZ's hi...


Yeah, B.O.I.

What an interrupted night’s sleep. I had one of those had-to-get-up-early-so-I-kept-waking-up-thinking-my-alarm-didn’t-go-off kind of nights. But I did happen to be asleep when my alarm really did go off, at 4:15am. I was actually quite awake for that hour surprisingly. So I hit the road pretty much straight away, heading for sunrise at Cape Reinga, aft...