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Album 1: First Impressions of NZ (23 pictures) | Album 2: Rangitoto Island (27 pictures) | Album 3: A Walk around Auckland's Devonport (22 pictures) | Album 4: Puhoi and a canoe ride (28 pictures) | Album 5: Kawau Island Mansion Tour (54 pictures) | Album 6: Wine, Leigh, a cemetery and a storm (25 pictures) | Album 7: Matakohe and the Kauri Museum (44 pictures) | Album 8: Matakohe to Hongiaka (47 pictures) | Album 9: Kerikeri: History & kaleidoscopes (24 pictures) | Album 10: Bay of Islands (45 pictures) | Album 11: The Hundertwasser Toilets in Kawakawa | Album 12: Antarctica in Auckland (16 pictures) | Album 13: "On the coast of Coromandel ......" (35 pictures) | Album 14: Orchids and Butterflies (20 pictures) | Album 15: Driving Creek Railway (23 pictures) | Album 16: Along the 309 Road (37 pictures) | Album 17: Waihi, Whakatane, not White Island (14 pictures) | Album 18: Rotorua (43 pictures) | Album 19: Plan B — Taupo (27 pictures) | Albums 20: Hamilton Gardens, then home (75 pictures) | Album 21: Paradise Garden Seats (12 pictures)

Album 4: Puhoi and a canoe ride (28 pictures)

Puhoi is a little town with an unusual history worth googling for. Apart from the history, Puhoi interested us because of the canoe trips provided by a local couple. Puhoi is at the tidal limit of a river, and the tide provides a useful part of the effort of canoeing up or down the 12 Km from the sea. We were provided with buoyancy vests, tuition, instructions, a two-person canoe and transport down river. Then we had two or three hours to paddle our canoe back up to Puhoi on a rising tide. Pictures from the canoe were taken with my waterproof camera. The last two pictures here were taken some days later from the road overlooking where we paddled.

Album 4: Puhoi and a canoe ride (28 pictures)
Puhoi church built 1881
Puhoi church built 1881
Puhoi Church
Puhoi Church
Interior of Puhoi church
Interior of Puhoi church
Memorial windows
Memorial windows
Noticed on the roadside
Noticed on the roadside
Pool at the Art of Cheese - 1
Pool at the "Art of Cheese" - 1
Pool at the Art of Cheese - 2
Pool at the "Art of Cheese" - 2
Pool at the Art of Cheese - 3
Pool at the "Art of Cheese" - 3
Art of Cheese Cafe
"Art of Cheese" Cafe
Puhoi General Store
Puhoi General Store
Antique Shop
Antique Shop
Interior of Antique Shop
Interior of Antique Shop
Back corner of antique shop
Back corner of antique shop
Puhoi Library and Information Centre
Puhoi Library and Information Centre
Puhoi River Estuary
Puhoi River Estuary
Launch site
Launch site
Instruction: How to paddle
Instruction: How to paddle
View north from a canoe
View north from a canoe
View east from a canoe
View east from a canoe
Small channel marker, wide river
Small channel marker, wide river
The best bit
The best bit
Observer on a mud bank
Observer on a mud bank
Clouds are the best part
Clouds are the best part
Coming second
Coming second
Half way back
Half way back
Under SH1 - the last stage
Under SH1 - the last stage
Puhoi River, looking upstream
Puhoi River, looking upstream
Puhoi River, looking downstream
Puhoi River, looking downstream