A Belated Post from New Zealand

ONe of numerous beaches up the East Cape

well I have now been in New Zealand teaching in Gisborne on the East Cape for 2 months, and I thought it time to finally get around to ‘putting pen to paper!’ In addition the added impetus has been the arrival of Fran.

I still have no river boat so I have not the opportunity to paddle and rivers since being here. However mine, and Fran’s, creek boats and gear is scheduled to arrive this week after being freighted out form Ireland over 6 weeks ago….so it shouldn’t be too long before we get out on a river or two…even more options to take up time what with kayak surfing and snow sports etc!!

In the meantime I got myself a second hand playboat to use in the surf, which is working on a consistent basis; Gissy being one of the prime spots in NZ for surf.  Although the playboat was (and is) lots of fun in the surf I decided to get a proper surf kayak and managed to get my hands on a Random Evolution Surf Kayak from Australia. When Fran arrived we also managed to get a Tsunami Waveski  for her to use.

Now Fran’s here we can start to get some photos and start putting up more posts and more photographs of our adventures in New Zealand, be they on land or water…

Although there are plenty of surfers here, along with the few wave skiers and even fewer surf kayakers there are so many breaks and beaches within a few km’s of Wainui, there is always plenty of wave space for everyone!