Saturday, January 5, 2008

Around Bay Of Islands and Dolphins

We got up early today (well, 8am is early to backpackers) and took a tour on a catamaran around the Bay of Islands. First off we encountered a pod of Bottlenose dolphins which was pretty cool. Normally we could have swam with them but there was a new born dolphin there and it's illegal to swim with them if that's the case. Nevertheless, it was great to see them do their thing - although it was difficult to get a good photo with the digital camera with the delay. However, Su managed this one which was pretty good:

Flipper

I then discovered the video option on my camera so ended up taking a good bit of video footage - once I get hooked up to a decent internet connection I will post it up.

We went around the different islands around the Bay of Islands - the day was a bit overcast so we didn't get too many good photos but the ones we took of the Hole in the Rock (which is a hole in a rock) came out ok. The first one is from outside and the second is from inside:

Hole in the Rock

Inside Hole in the Rock

We off on another trip to Cape Reinga and 90 mile beach tomorrow so hopefully there'll be another update soon!

3 comments:

daisy said...

Hyacinth looks great guys...I hope she motors well for you and brings you lots of luck! She looks like she could tell a few stories...
x Daisy

Jeanette said...

Well I concur with auld Daisy there.Better watch out,one of your stories might end up in Mills and Boon!!!!It sounds as if you 2 are having a good enough time without me.......Plenty of eating and drinking going on.Now,I want more photos of the 2 of you so we can see the transformation over the year from professionals to strung out bsckpacker hippies.
xJ

daisy said...

Yes hurry up and update blog! We're getting bored! Want more photos!
x Daisy