Bay of Islands, Tutukaka

Last month we took an excursion up to the Bay of Islands, a couple of hours north of Auckland. Totally worth it! We car camped and and kayaked to little beaches along the way.

Here are a few photos of the trip.

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Whenever Dave's VHF marine radio says "Tutukaka", the computerized voice sounds so excited, it uses exclamation marks. "Tutukaka!! peak.. two.. niner ...." We loved the name so much, that when we saw the turn off, we took it on a whim. We had a GREAT TIME!


Car camping...

Side trips in the kayak...

Side trip to Kukutauwhao Island. A little island we had all to ourselves that you could only reach by small boat...









This is the wind measurement place. Whenever we hear "Tutukaka!!! peak three niner", we now know exactly where the wind is blowing at 39 knots.