It's not so grim oop north. NZ's North Island contains the bustling metropolis of Auckland, the laid back capital of Wellington and a whole lot inbetween. We started in Auckland, where we met up with Jezz and Pen, who flew in from Melbourne to join us for a while. We headed up to the Bay of Islands, a favourite weekend destination for Aucklanders due to its fantastic weather and picture-postcard coastline. We had four perfect days in the bay, the highlight of which was sailing around in a catamaran accompanied by Bottlenosed Dolphins. They grow up to four and a half metres in length and are a mightly impressive sight. Unfortunately we couldn't swim with them as there were juveniles in the group. However, watching them bowriding and twisting out of the waves was amazing enough.
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