Today was amazing. We took a cruise for 4 hours around the Bay of Islands spotting bottle nosed dolphins (swimming right along side us), shearwaters and Australasian gannets. The islands that form the collection are truly stunning: unspoilt, green and many forested with native trees and all surrounded by the bluest of waters. This is the sort of scenery one can only dream about. The photo was taken by Lis when we landed on a small island called Moturoa which was a few miles out
from Russell.The second picture, of a quiet beach, was taken by Lis .
