If you’ve read the previous blogs you probably figured out that we really enjoyed our time in New Zealand but alas, all good things must come to an end. Sometimes this place can look very tropical but believe me, it’s NOT. Winter is coming

There were so many things mentioned in the “More Northland” blog that

Okay, here’s more of what we saw on the North Island… We saw so many beautiful, gently sloped sandy beaches and craggy, rocky shorelines. We saw rainforests, alpine meadows, clear-cut and replanted forestry areas, open-pit mining, hilly pastureland, a spectacularly beautiful gorge

While touring the North Island of New Zealand we learned about all the things mentioned in the previous blog and about gold mining in the past and present, a little about the Maori culture and more

On the North Island alone we’ve had enough interesting experiences and seen enough fascinating places in 5 months to fill a small book but you’re not going to get one. Most of our time in New Zealand was spent replacing, repairing and maintaining things on the boat in a fairly relaxed fashion. We managed to get through most of the things