{"id":2687,"date":"2019-05-22T09:41:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T17:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/?page_id=2687"},"modified":"2020-10-09T16:35:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T00:35:15","slug":"bay-of-islands-nz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/?page_id=2687","title":{"rendered":"Bay of Islands New Zealand 2019 — 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Gary Hack and the California Kiwi docked at the Opua Yacht Club<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There can be no better means of escaping weeks of dreary winter overcast and snow in the Northern California mountains than to decamp to New Zealand’s Bay of Islands where February is high summer. A plus is to be befriended by a fellow Californian who can boast of a racing 50-foot sailboat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mutual friend armed us with Gary’s contact information in New Zealand and he kindly invited us to sail with him on the California Kiwi. Gary divides his life between Opua New Zealand where he has a home and B&B and Northern California tucked away in a cabin in Plumas County. The combination of the two countries affords him the delights of eternal summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Captain Gary at the helm in laid back Sunday afternoon cruising mode<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Exploring islands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gary in Wednesday afternoon Yatch Club race mode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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nosing ahead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Wednesday afternoon hardy racing crew of the California Kiwi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is the view of the Bay of Islands from the deck of Gary’s home in Opua<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Bay of Islands area varies from dramatic coastline to quiet inlets and uncrowded beaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Kerikeri River at the Stone Store in the Kororipo Heritage Park, Kerikeri New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And great places to hang out<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Duke of Marlborough Hotel and bar, Russell NZ–once known as the “Hellhole of the Pacific”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great bar, great view, and great Fish and Chips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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There can be no better means of escaping weeks of dreary winter overcast and snow in the Northern California mountains than to decamp to New Zealand’s Bay of Islands where February is high summer. A plus is to be befriended by a fellow Californian who can boast of a racing 50-foot sailboat. A mutual friend […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2687","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2687"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2964,"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2687\/revisions\/2964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkb.mirimar.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}