Christmas 2006/2007: Back West and Moturekareka

Sailed, at least to begin with back round to the other side, of course once at the Needles it was a motor the rest of the way! Anchored in Port Abercrombie for the night after getting some scallops., a lovely evening with very few boats left in the bay (after quite a busy day). Motored through Fitzroy and as we passed the rubbish barge there was a pod of dolphins playing around us. We anchored in a lovely spot just outside of Man O War passage, surrounded with rocky islands and flowering Pohutukawa. Unfortunately it started to get a bit rolly in the evening so we ducked back a few bays and tucked in behind the mussel farm. Went for a sunset dive, sleeping snapper and leatherjackets and open anenomes- quite pretty. The next day we headed across towards Kawau, stopping for Tori to have a snorkel at Horn rock on the way past. A barren rocky landscape but nice fish life. The wind picked up as we motored off and had a good sail for the last part of the day anchoring off Moturekareka. Snorkeled on the wreck of the Rewa and had a couple of not very successful dives – only managed to get 10 scallops (not quite enough for Tori and the cat).