Woodys On Holiday @ Waiheke Island
Good morning Woodys – the 1st ‘live’ post in 2 weeks & I have to say I have enjoyed the break from the daily task of creating a WW story. Sometimes with everything else that happens in life its been a challenge, I’ll keep on with the daily stories but just a heads up, the frequency may change……… but business as usual for now.
I was amazed at the viewing audience over the Xmas / NY period, there were some huge days – the “Gunk-Holing Up The Weti River’ story had over 6,000 views in 24hrs, not bad for a ‘re-run’.
Despite the weather forecast & a broken freezer we got away on Raindance for 8 Days, came back a little early due to the weather bomb, & so glad that we did.
For the 8 days we just mooched around Waiheke Island & had stunning launch weather + the water temp was amazing, warmest I can recall in a long time.
I spotted quite a few woodys around the bays, if I missed getting a photo of you, either the light was all wrong or I was doing something else – so sorry in advance.
Last ones of Raindance were taken by Richard Darke from aboard his launch ’Seafarer’, many thanks Richard, I do not get many of Raindance, normally she is the camera platform.
A word of warning, last weeks storm has deposited some very ugly logs around the inner harbour, so keep a look out. It amazes we no-one (Akl Council etc) gathers them up, they will find there way back into the water & be an even bigger hazard. The one below was on Cheltenham Beach, Devonport.
If you have any photos from the holidays – email them in to waitematawoodys@gmail.com
While ashore at Oneroa I picked up a flyer for The Island Grocer store, very clever piece of creative 😉
Johntwodogs I have sent Alan some info about Bessie Florence. She is from from Waikawa Picton . She is now in Westhaven and will have a cleanup this autumn.
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Lovely pics leave plastic fantastic for dead!
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Commiserations on having toreturn to face the “W” word, but welcome back.
Marvellous collection of pics!
Was taken with “Bessie Florence”, the pretty little Jay Benford trawler type, possibly a Petrel or Ladybug design. Do we know anything about her?
(Any prizes for spotting the non-woodies in the gallery? 😉
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Great post, welcome back. Having run a daily deals business in the past I know first hand how hard it is to come up with original content on a daily basis, its relentless. Keep up the great work!
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Hi, what beautiful classic launches —love them. Cheers.
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