MV Dirona travel digest for Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand 2014

Position: -35°46.60'S, 174°22.16'E

Beautiful sunrise over Bream Head as we leave the anchorage at Limestone Island.

Position: -35°52.68'S, 174°32.43'E

A last view to Bream Head just outside Whangarei Harbour.

Position: -35°52.68'S, 174°32.43'E

Heading towards Hen and Chicken Islands, a wildlife sanctuary, in wonderfully calm conditions. Our destination, Great Barrier Island, is barely visible about 35 miles away.

Position: -35°56.25'S, 174°42.90'E

Looking south to the Pinnacles on rugged Taranga Island.

Position: -36°10.09'S, 175°21.33'E

Jet Raider en route from Great Barrier Island to Auckland. The haze behind is diesel smoke--that's one fast boat, and with a wake to trigger alarms for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

Position: -36°10.10'S, 175°21.31'E

Sunset from our anchorage at Rarohara Bay.

Position: -36°10.10'S, 175°21.31'E

Hope you all have a relaxing holiday season and best wishes for the New Year.

Position: -36°10.10'S, 175°21.31'E

Our Christmas dinner turkey coming out of the oven.

Position: -36°10.10'S, 175°21.31'E

We're in an excellent anchorage all to ourselves, tucked up against the shore in 70'. The entire Port Fitzroy area has gotten significantly busier since we got here, with boaters arriving presumably from Auckland for their summer holidays. But most of them in Rarohara Bay are either at the head or off Quoin Island, and the rest are concentrated in Kaiarara and Smokehouse bays to the south.

Position: -36°11.11'S, 175°21.82'E

The dinghy moored with our "Anchor Buddy" at Bush's Beach while we trek about 4.5 miles and 2,000' up to Mount Hobson.

Position: -36°11.09'S, 175°22.17'E

View into Kaiarara Bay along the track from Bush's Beach to the Mt. Hobson trailhead. (Position approximate.)

Position: -36°11.03'S, 175°22.63'E

Boardwalk along Bush's Beach track. The boardwalk was built to protect the kauri forest from kauri dieback disease, a relatively newly identified fungus specific to New Zealand kauri. Great Barrier Island was logged for Kauri extensively a century ago, but a few original kauri forest remain on the island. (Position approximate.)

Position: -36°10.99'S, 175°22.62'E

One of several suspsension bridges on the track to Mt. Hobson. Even by New Zealand standards, the track was impressively built and maintained.

Position: -36°11.12'S, 175°24.64'E

Looking down into Port Fitzroy as we near the top. The track was incredibly well-built, with stairs much of the way to the top. The trek still was pretty strenuous though. (Position approximate).

Position: -36°11.17'S, 175°24.76'E

The 360-degree view from 2,057' Mt Hobson is just amazing. This is looking west across Port Fitzroy to Little Barrier Island. Dirona is the small white dot in the rightmost bay.

Position: -36°10.10'S, 175°21.31'E

The boat has been sitting a little low at the bow, so today we shifted about 300 pounds aft from the bow area. This is the new waterline--the faint grey line is the old waterline. It's surprising that 300 pounds, moved around on a 110,000-pound boat, could leave the bow two inches higher. The items we shifted included the spare rode chain, the deadlights (metal window covers), DAN emergency oxygen with case, spare HVAC motor and a hydraulic jack.

Position: -36°10.10'S, 175°21.31'E

As part of our shifting weight to the stern, we tried to shift the entire spare rode of 450' of 1" 3-strand line and 50' of 7/8" Hi-Test chain. We ended up finding a place for the chain portion, but not the pictured line, so it ended up going back forward to the anchor locker. But the chain was over 100 pounds--a major part of the total weight we moved.

Position: -36°9.89'S, 175°21.68'E

The busy Port Fitzroy dock. Our dinghy is tied off to the wall at the bottom left of the photo.

Position: -36°9.32'S, 175°22.55'E

We brought our bikes ashore and followed the steep main road and then a spur road to a radio tower at an elevation of 800'. We had to climb the tower a bit to get much of a view into Port Fitzroy though.

Position: -36°9.50'S, 175°22.82'E

The view east to the Whangapoua Estuary as we descend down the other side of the ridge. We weren't looking forward to climbing back up, but we weren't ready to stop either.

Position: -36°8.64'S, 175°25.33'E

Jennifer scouting out lunch spots at a park on the edge of the Whangapoua Estuary. Now this was a good place to stop.

Position: -36°8.64'S, 175°25.33'E

Way out in the distance towards the sea we could see small specks that looked like people. As we ate lunch, they eventually neared, finishing off the long walk from the surf back to their cars.

Position: -36°9.27'S, 175°23.87'E

The return climb was a little less steep--good thing as the shifter cable on Jennifer's bike failed, losing use of the bottom 3 of the 27 gears. If you want to get tired in a hurry, head up this hill in fourth gear.

Position: -36°9.76'S, 175°21.82'E

Welcome beers at the Boat Club Tavern in Port Fitzroy. The food was quite tasty as well.

Position: -36°9.94'S, 175°21.64'E

We rode a little way south down the road for a view into the anchorage before returning to the boat.

Position: -36°10.53'S, 175°20.90'E

When we'd dinghied to Kaiarara Bay a couple of days earlier to hike to Mt. Hobson, perhaps fiften boats were anchored there. Now the number was closer to fifty.

Position: -36°12.20'S, 175°20.82'E

Kiwiriki Bay was as packed as Kaiarara Bay, and some of them brought stereo equipment that they exercised well into the night. We were especially glad to be anchored outside the bay when the music started. We had a great spot all to ourselves, tucked against a steep shore.

Position: -36°11.52'S, 175°19.92'E

We woke up to 25-knot northeasterly winds with heavy rain, and got underway to Tryphena Harbour. This is the view as we approach Man of War Passage. The channel was tight, but not difficult.

Position: -36°11.07'S, 175°18.57'E

The rugged and wet coast here continues to remind us of Scotland and Ireland.

Position: -36°16.02'S, 175°21.11'E

We've just entered the famed Hauraki Gulf, where the Americas Cup sailing races were held.

Position: -36°18.35'S, 175°28.78'E

One of many Australasian Gannets we saw at Tryphena Habour. These birds breed in New Zealand from July to January, then disperse throughout the continental shelf.

Position: -36°18.12'S, 175°28.99'E

Our micro-tender beached at a small launch ramp. We'd tried to take the larger dinghy ashore, but couldn't find a place to land in the shallows with a falling tide.

Position: -36°18.06'S, 175°29.18'E

View into Tryphena Harbour from the head of the bay. You can see why we had such a hard time finding a landing for the larger dinghy. With the winds from the northwest, the anchorage was pretty calm and sheltered.

Position: -36°18.10'S, 175°29.29'E

One of three appealing restaurants we saw in Tryphena. But not our destination.

Position: -36°18.08'S, 175°29.29'E

This is where we wanted to be: drinks, and later a tasty meal, on the patio at the Currach Irish Pub in Tryphena.

Position: -36°18.35'S, 175°28.78'E

Looks like another clear day ahead. The weather changes here pretty quickly though, so we wouldn't be suprised if it rained later today.

Position: -36°20.05'S, 175°20.64'E

The view south to Channel Island off the Cormandel Peninsula as we cross the Hauraki Gulf. The waters are suprisingly shallow here for such a large body of water--around 150 feet. It reminds us a bit of Hecate Strait off the east coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia. Winds were about 15 knots from the northwest and generating a tight chop that send spray over the bow. Like Hecate Strait, conditions certainly can get pretty nasty here when the wind comes up.

Position: -36°25.44'S, 174°49.09'E

View into Mansion House Bay as we depart Bon Accord Harbour. Kawau Island is the former residence of the New Zealand Governer, and the current residence of cruising authors Lin and Larry Pardey In the mid-1800s, copper was mined on the island, and in 1862, New Zealand Governer Sir George Gray bought the island and created the mansion in the background. The grounds are now a Historic Reserve, part of the Harauki Gulf marine park. We considered going ashore to visit the grounds and see the ruins of the copper mine. But even standing off, the anchorage at Bon Accord Harbour was very busy and the shore attractions didn't appeal enough to either of us, so we kept the line moving.

Position: -36°21.95'S, 174°50.49'E

We checked out Scandrett Bay at Scandrett Regional Park, but most of the anchorage is a cable area, so we couldn't stop there. Adjacent Goldsworthy Bay might have worked, but the area didn't seem interesting enough. We kept going to Tawharanui Marine Park and got ourselves this awesome anchorage on the edge of the Hauraki Gulf. With only a meter of swell, we didn't even need to put out the flopper stopper.

Position: -36°22.17'S, 174°50.50'E

We're using the micro-tender more than we expected in New Zealand. With surf rolling ashore, landing the large dinghy didn't look easy.

Position: -36°22.16'S, 174°50.30'E

This is why we didn't take the larger tender in. We found a reasonably calm spot between some rocky outcroppings, so it wasn't this bad where we landed.

Position: -36°22.06'S, 174°50.23'E

The park has several beautiful beaches. This looking east across the one we're anchored off--our dinghy is in the trees at the far end.

Position: -36°22.06'S, 174°50.23'E

The middle beach was particularly popular on this sunny and warm New Year's Eve.

Position: -36°21.95'S, 174°50.49'E

A number of people had surfboards and boogie boards. This guy was doing pretty well.

Position: -36°21.95'S, 174°50.49'E

The island we'd climbed onto turned out to be a seagull breeding area, and the parents buzzed us to keep us away from their young. We beat a hasty retreat.

Position: -36°22.27'S, 174°50.13'E

This Pukeko was crowing frequently as we walked into the fields above the beach. Every time he called, his tailfeathers popped up.

Position: -36°22.27'S, 174°50.13'E

A freshly-shorn sheep, lying in the grass. Sheep, and often cows, are pretty much everyone we've been so far.

Position: -36°22.27'S, 174°50.13'E

Looking east across the anchorage to Great Barrier Island on the other side of the Hauraki Gulf.

Position: -36°21.99'S, 174°50.68'E

Sea arch with seagull on one side and sailboat visible through the other side. We'd continued along the

Position: -36°21.99'S, 174°50.68'E

We'd inadvertently found another seagull breeding area, and quickly left under a torrent of divebombs and squawks.

Position: -36°21.99'S, 174°50.68'E

And here is what the fuss is all about.

Position: -36°21.95'S, 174°50.49'E

A break stop along the shore with a view across the anchorage. The seagulls and the arch we saw are behind James to the right, out of the picture.

Position: -36°21.95'S, 174°50.49'E

We really loved the anchorage at Tawharanui Marine Park--a great place to ring in the New Year. And as a bonus, we could see ships passing in and out of Auckland. The cruise ship is the Dawn Princess en route to Melbourne--probably not a bad way to spend New Year's either.

Position: -36°22.16'S, 174°52.21'E

Sea cave at Elephant Point.

Position: -36°25.06'S, 174°48.77'E

View into Bon Accord Harbour as we pass heading south. The harbour looks even busier than yesterday.

Position: -36°29.81'S, 174°44.41'E

We found another excellent anchorage at Big Bay on the south southeast shore of Mahurangi Regional Park.

Position: -36°29.81'S, 174°44.41'E

Variable oystercatcher working the beach.

Position: -36°29.92'S, 174°44.34'E

A quick, but steep climb led to the bluffs above the anchorage.

Position: -36°30.02'S, 174°44.37'E

View looking northeast across the anchorage to Motutara Island.

Position: -36°30.02'S, 174°44.37'E

Several dozen boats were anchored at more-sheltered Mahurangi Harbour, but only three overnighted at Big Bay with us.

Position: -36°29.49'S, 174°44.72'E

Oyster farms along the Te Kapa River, northwest of the trail. In the distance, the several sailboats anchored in the river probably can move only at higher tides.

Position: -36°29.49'S, 174°44.72'E

Taking shelter from a brief squall.

Position: -36°29.62'S, 174°44.60'E

View looking south across our anchroage at Big Bay to Whangaparaoa Peninsula. The scenery in New Zealand continues to impress us.

Position: -36°32.37'S, 174°46.90'E

Sunrise as we head south towards Waiheke Island.

Position: -36°44.13'S, 174°59.51'E

We have a hydraulically-powered boat, which means the wing gets started on every anchor drop and lift and at every dock, so we don't suffer from unused wing problem and in fact have 498 hours in 4 years. But even with all that use, there's still risk of marine build-up in and around the cutlass bearing, and the wing transmission is getting no exercise itself. So at least every two months we run the boat on the wing mechanicals.
What we learned in the South Pacific when we're anchoring all the time and rarely near a dock is you can easily go a couple of months without using the thrusters, which can lead to marine growth problems. To help keep them clear, we frequently run the thrusters whether we need them or not.

Position: -36°44.67'S, 175°11.70'E

Rounding the east end of Waiheke Island. Lots of boats out today.

Position: -36°46.82'S, 175°10.78'E

The high-speed police catamaran Deodar III leaving Man o'War Bay.

Position: -36°46.67'S, 175°9.99'E

Changing shoes for the hike to Fort Stony Batter from Opopo Bay. We often need to wade to carry the micro-tender ashore, so we wear sandals coming ashore and change into shoes better suited for hiking.

Position: -36°46.67'S, 175°9.99'E

Our dinghy is one of several ashore at the Stony Batter trailhead. The trail was steep and a little slippery at the beginning, but soon improved.

Position: -36°46.06'S, 175°10.21'E

Lunch at the top with a view south into our anchorage. Dirona is the small white speck at the bottom center of the bay, just below and left of the moving boat.

Position: -36°46.06'S, 175°10.21'E

View south into Hooks Bay.

Position: -36°46.06'S, 175°10.21'E

On this clear day, we had impressive nearly 360-degree views. This is a photo stich showing the view, with Hooks Bay to Jennifer's right and our anchorage at Man o'War Bay at the far the right. (Click the picture for a higher-resolution image).

Position: -36°45.71'S, 175°10.48'E

Fort Stony Batter was built in World War II as a counter-bombardment battery system. It mostly is underground, with over a kilometer of tunnels connecting three gun pits.

Position: -36°45.71'S, 175°10.48'E

Looking back out the entrance from just inside the tunnel system (labelled as "Main Entry and Exit" near the center of the previous picture).

Position: -36°45.71'S, 175°10.48'E

Each of the fort's three gun emplacements were designed for 9.2-inch guns with a range of over 3km. Guns were installed only in emplacements 1 and 2, however, as the Japanese advancement in the South Pacific was turned back before the third gun was added.

Position: -36°45.71'S, 175°10.48'E

One of three (non-original) Ruston Hornsby Diesel engines that are being restored in the battery.

Position: -36°45.71'S, 175°10.48'E

Massive pistons for the Ruston Hornsby engines.

Position: -36°45.71'S, 175°10.48'E

Tracks from one of the guns, just inside the no 3 emplacement.

Position: -36°45.71'S, 175°10.48'E

Once we'd finished the tunnel tour, we walked aboveground between the three gun emplacements. The pits weren't as big as some of the others we'd toured back near Seattle, such as Fort Whitman, but at 9.2", the guns at Stony Batter were larger than Fort Whitman's 6" guns.

Position: -36°46.82'S, 175°10.78'E

Sunrise from Man o'War Bay.

Position: -36°46.82'S, 175°10.78'E

Looking up to yesterday's lunch spot, and the namesake for the fort, from the anchorage at Man o'War Bay.

Position: -36°50.51'S, 175°4.23'E

Dramatic hilltop house on Waiheke Island. We continued to Hitapa Bay. This was an excellent anchorage, tucked up against a cliff with views across Tamaki Strait. The winds came up in the afternoon from the west, and the anchorage was a little choppy, but hardly noticable in a thick-hulled heavy boat.

Position: -36°49.72'S, 174°57.81'E

Auckland-based SeaLink runs several passenger and car ferries throughout the Hauraki Gulf. This is Seacat on a run to Waikehi Island.

Position: -36°48.76'S, 174°55.38'E

SeaLink's Island Navigator en route from Tryphena Harbour, Great Barrier Island.

Position: -36°47.78'S, 174°54.47'E

Auckland Coast Guard vessel Protector. It's moving.

Position: -36°48.49'S, 174°51.72'E

We ran the dinghy to Rangitoto to hike up to the summit of the inactive volcano. A trail did lead from Islington Bay where we are anchored, but Rangitoto was much closer. We tied off to the ferry dock, just as a Fullers ferry was disembarking what appeared to be a full load, with a similar number waiting to return.

Position: -36°47.27'S, 174°51.48'E

View to Auckland from Rangitoto Summit. Tomorrow we'll be moored just out of the picture, to the right of that cruise ship. The trail was quite busy--an impressive number of people, many with small children, also hiked to the summit.

Position: -36°47.27'S, 174°51.48'E

Looking east from the summit over Islington Bay. Perhaps fifty boats are anchored there, with plenty of room for more.

Position: -36°47.27'S, 174°51.48'E

Dirona is the small white dot below and slightly right of the lower point of land. We're anchored at the mouth of Islington Bay for a night view to Auckland.

Position: -36°47.32'S, 174°51.75'E

A short distance from the summit, a spur trail leads to old lava tubes. This is looking in through the entrance.

Position: -36°47.32'S, 174°51.75'E

The daylight that looked like the other end of the tunnel when we entered actually was a section where the roof had collapsed.

Position: -36°47.32'S, 174°51.75'E

At the tunnel exit. The tunnel was perhaps a few hundred yards long and fun to explore. The torches (flashlights) we'd brought with us were helpful--it was pretty dark inside with a low ceiling in parts.

Position: -36°48.44'S, 174°51.71'E

A large community occupied the island in the 1920s and 1930s. This is their community pool. After the hot hike up to and down from the summit, many were taking a dip to cool off.

Position: -36°46.70'S, 174°53.70'E

After leaving Rangitoto, we explored Islington Bay a bit. Our dinghy is tied off at the end of the dock.

Position: -36°46.62'S, 174°53.80'E

A nice trail led around the head of Islington Bay. Several attractive cottages are alongshore here.

Position: -36°46.54'S, 174°53.81'E

On the bridge between Rantitoto and Motutapu Islands. The small box on the bridge deck between the rails on the right hand side is to monitor for rodents. If any cross the bridge, they'll leave paw prints on the pater inside.

Position: -36°50.22'S, 174°48.22'E

View to downtown Auckland as we approach.

Position: -36°50.26'S, 174°46.03'E

The dramatic Hilton Auckland at the head of Princes Wharf, with the Sky Tower in the background.

Position: -36°50.43'S, 174°45.73'E

Navigating the tight channel into Viaduct Harbour. A strong cross-current at the entrance added to the excitement.

Position: -36°50.45'S, 174°45.71'E

The pedestrian bridge lifting so we can pass through.

Position: -36°50.47'S, 174°45.61'E

170' yacht Mondango moored at Viaduct Harbour. Janice of Wyoming, a 130' yacht also by builder Alloy Yachts, was moored nearby.

Position: -36°50.47'S, 174°45.61'E

Viaduct Harbour was rebuilt to host the 1999 Louis Vuitton challenger series and 2000 America's Cup. This is the headquarters for Team New Zealand.

Position: -36°50.51'S, 174°45.58'E

Nordhavn 86 Gloria Maris. We last saw this boat back in May in Papeete, when we were moored just behind. We're actually the third Nordhavn here: Nordhavn 76 Sirius, that we also were moored near at Papeete, is here as well. Funny we all ended up in the same place after all those months.

Position: -36°50.70'S, 174°45.51'E

Our new temporary home at Viaduct Harbour. We're loving it here--nearby is an excellent marine services district and over 30 restaurants.

Position: -36°50.44'S, 174°45.45'E

Lunch wharfside at Jack Tar, where the SeaLink boats moor. That's Seabridge behind James.

Position: -36°50.61'S, 174°45.13'E

Orams Marine Village massive boat park in the marine district can hold over 300 boats in dry storage. The boats are lifted, washed and the engines rinsed before storing. Pretty nice setup.

Position: -36°50.99'S, 174°45.29'E

At Velo Boutique to pickup bike parts.

Position: -36°50.70'S, 174°45.51'E

Fixing the broken shifter cable on Jennifer's bike.

Position: -36°50.50'S, 174°45.25'E

A rebuilt Detroit Diesel Series 60. It can be yours for NZD $45,000.

Position: -36°50.52'S, 174°45.23'E

We stopped by Reid Yacht Services to meet our New Zealand agent, Helen Puckey, and to pickup some packages.

Position: -36°51.60'S, 174°45.13'E

This McLaren MP4/4 at McLaren Auckland was driven by Aryton Senna in 1989.

Position: -36°51.60'S, 174°45.13'E

Formula I technology delivered to the street: the McLaren 12C Spider, available for just under USD $300,000.

Position: -36°50.53'S, 174°45.23'E

At the Boat Cover Company to get a new bicycle bag made and some other canvas work done.

Position: -36°50.65'S, 174°46.19'E

Lunch at the Tyler St. Garage on Quay St, opposite the shipping and cruise ship terminals.

Position: -36°50.70'S, 174°45.51'E

Auckland-based Holton Marine installed grease fittings on our two bow-roller axels.

Position: -36°50.70'S, 174°45.51'E

Now we can easily grease the bow rollers without having to remove them and risk dropping parts in the water.

Position: -36°50.58'S, 174°45.61'E

We couldn't stay where we were through the weekend, so we moved over to a new slip last night. This puts us directly opposite Team New Zealand's headquarters.

Position: -36°50.58'S, 174°45.61'E

Most slips in New Zealand have pilings on at least one side, with mooring rings, to help keep boats from bouncing against the dock in the swell. Boats often are tied up without any fenders on the dock side, using the opposite side rings to keep them off the dock. The problem with the rings is that it takes help to get a line to them unless you pick up the ring as you come in, and unles you double back the line, you have a similar problem leaving. We didn't bother with the ring in our previous slip, but we have more surge here, so we wanted to stabilize the boat better. So we used the micro-tender to run our 75-foot lines to the ring and back on each side of the bow, so that at least we can leave by just releasing the line from the bow and pulling it through the ring.

Position: -36°50.58'S, 174°45.61'E

Our new bicycle bag from the Boat Cover Company. Our previous off-the-shelf cover was made of fairly light-weight material and was deteriorating. We keep the bikes on the flybridge when we're underway, secured with a ratchet strap, and in the cockpit when we're at dock and using them.

Position: -36°50.58'S, 174°45.61'E

We believe the large plastic-covered items are hull sections of team New Zealand's Americas Cup AC72s, with the connecting pieces on metal cradles at the far right. The last time we saw one up close was Team Oracle's in San Francisco Bay.

Position: -36°50.14'S, 174°44.74'E

We'd biked over to Westhaven Marina to stop in at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Club and got caught in a hail storm. Westhaven is absolutely huge, perhaps four times the size of Elliott Bay Marina back in Seattle.

Position: -36°50.45'S, 174°45.49'E

Sharing the delicious seafood platter at the Marvel Grill in the Wynard Quarter.

Position: -36°50.34'S, 174°45.22'E

Superyacht A, at nearly 6,000 tonnes, is among the world's largest motor yachts. The yacht is in New Zealand being repainted after the previous paint job apparently sagged and ran, and only recently has been out from under cover.

Position: -36°50.90'S, 174°45.74'E

Bungee jumping taking the Sky Jump from Sky Tower in downtown Auckland. Bungee jumping is popular in New Zealand. It's inventor, kiwi A. J. Hackett, invented the sport here inspired by the land divers in Vanuatu.

Position: -36°50.90'S, 174°45.74'E

The view to Rangitoto Island, from 722 feet in the sky at the Sky Tower's Sky Deck. At 1076 feet high, Sky Tower is the tallest freestanding structure in the southern hemisphere.

Position: -36°51.01'S, 174°45.82'E

Dinner at Elliott Stables. A dozen or so restaurants ring a shared seating area--diners pick a table, then select items from one or more restaurants that are delivered to the table. It is somewhat like one of our favourite Toronto restaurants, Movenpick Marche, but with multiple restaurants. We loved it.

Position: -36°50.90'S, 174°45.74'E

We purchased a Sky Tower ticket good for two entries in a 24-hour period and returned after dinner for an evening view.

Position: -36°50.37'S, 174°45.28'E

From the Sky Tower we could see a huge crowd at Silo Park, so we went over later to check it out. Several thousand people were there to watch movies projected onto the Silo. A variety of food vendors had setup shop around the perimiter, including beer and wine--it was all very civilized and family-oriented.

Position: -36°50.58'S, 174°45.61'E

The nav computer started to show apparently random faults--likely a memory corruption or timing problem. To address this possibility, we upgraded the BIOS. Unfortunately the system hard-failed during the upgrade, leaving the computer without a BIOS. With the system board costing only $160, we decided it was more efficient to replace the board and memory from spares rather than going through the BIOS recovery. The system is all back up and running well now.

Position: -36°50.60'S, 174°45.79'E

Seahawks fans at The Fox sports bar. We were amazed at the number of Seahawks fans that turned out to watch the Hawks beat New Orleans in the playoff game. Some were from the US, but many were kiwis.