S/V
TETHYSTouring
New Zealand by Car
December 2000, February, March 2001
| S/V
TETHYS |
Touring
New Zealand by Car |
| Houhora Inlet | Wagener Museum and Subritzky Homestead |
| Houhora Inlet on the east coast of Northland is a shallow inlet. At
low tide, most of the bay is one large mud flat. Even at high tide local knowledge is
necessary to enter and transit the bay to a small harbour. We saw several power and
fishing boats and two sailboats at anchor. At low tide the flats are covered in clam shells and locals dig for pipi's in the soft mud. Pipi's are small clams very similar to the Manila clams we get on the B.C. Coast. |
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We found a nice secluded campground in the Houhoura Heads Motor camp, which is next to the Wagener Museum which contains an eclectic collection of Maori and settler artifacts, most from the Northland region. |
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