Opua Marina, NZ !
Kachina
Richard and Rachel Caswell
Sun 8 Nov 2009 14:57
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35:19S, 174:07E
We arrived in
on Friday lunchtime, and were processed by customs and MAF -
so all legal except we can't leave the marina until we sort out importing the boat, so will start that on Monday ! They only give us 20 days to pay it ! What sharks ! Haven't made it to Paihia yet to get a phone working here, but did buy a prepay phone card. We have numerous phones but need to hook into a network...shouldn't be a problem..... We went for a walk around the waterfront this morning, and saw piles of oysters and scallop shells that people had dumped back into the sea, so harvesting some good food would be a real bonus....yum! Needs to warm up here too - feels like winter still blasting that cold wind thru' here, not nice for us tropical thinblooded types at all, so at this stage we're looking at staying round here for a while - do some tiki-touring round as we don't know this area at all. There's a few cruising parties coming up soon too, which sound quite fun to do. A big gidday to all. Hear from you soon, Rachel & R. |