December 18, 2013
One of the challenges of the cruising life is that plans are often dictated by weather. It dictates when you can go, where you can go, and how long you will stay. One of the difficult choices weather creates is whether to leave an anchorage earlier than planned or get pinned down and stay longer than planned.
Generally we decide to head on, and that was the case here as we were spending Christmas with friends and needed to get to Auckland by then. We had planned to stay in Sunny Bay a couple more days and then head to North Cove, but high winds were predicted and we needed to get going.
There is always the danger in returning to a special place that it could seem less appealing the second time around. Not only is that disappointing, but it can tarnish the original memory. This certainly wasn’t an issue with Kawau! We found it even more beautiful and enchanting on our second visit, falling under the spell of its strange magic. In a country full of beautiful and special places, Kawau manages to stand out as a little extra special.
Below is a hodgepodge of pictures from this visit, stuff that didn’t get posted because it looked too much like another picture or just didn’t fit in the gallery. As always click to scroll and enlarge.–Cyndi
