Thursday, January 15, 2009

Bay of Islands - Hole in Rock

So this morning we decided to get up early and head up to the Bay of Island. Took us about 3 hours to get up there from Auckland. Pretty drive on the way up. We have now learned that there are no straight roads in New Zealand. Decided to take a speed boat ride to the Hole in the Rock.
This is a picture of Bruce (Josh - the groom's dad), Greg and I. This picture was taken right before they drove the boat through the hole. It was really impressive. There were 6 foot swells while we were out there today. It definitely took some good boat driving to get us through. The water in the Bay of Islands is so brillant. Very hard to describe and I am sure the pictures don't do it justice.
This is a picture from the back of the boat called the Excitor before we drove through the hole. You can see how rough the water is. We were really lucky that we actually were able to drive through it. Sometimes the seas get so rough that water actually hits the top of the hole. It was a very fun, very fast boat ride. This area of New Zealand is absolutely stunning!

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