Circumnavigate Waiheke Island. – Day 3

We break camp and turn the corner and head down the southern coast of Wiaheke this is the last stretch that has that remote uninhabited feeling. After we turn the corner again and start heading east the coast line is dotted with bays and little fleets of sailboat and people. Today will be a long paddle. We need to cover about 35 kilometers to reach our next landing site at Rocky Bay. Instead of following the coast we head west and visit a series of islands that will provide us with a bit more interesting scenery. Pakatoa Island is for Sale. That’s right for sale. You get the whole island and all the building there in. Rotoroa Island is a drug and alcohol rehab and is posted no trespassing. So of course we have to land there and have a drink(yo ho ho and a bottle of Monte Gay Rum). On the back side of this island we find a rough rope hang over a cliff. It’s made up of all sorts of things. It makes you think of bed sheets tied up and escapees. We think it’s to allow someone to pass contraband up to some naught resident of clinic. We are about 6 kilometers away from Rocky bay when night falls so we have to cove the distance in the dark. We have all the lights we need and it’s just finding the place in the dark. We land at a small regional park and camp under a large tree on the manicured lawn. We cook our dinner on a park bench. A very different setting from the last two nights.