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Unicorns sighted in the Bay of Islands by Ruth E. Henderson There was green alligators And long necked geese Some humpy back camels And some chimpanzees Some cats and rats and elephants but sure as you’re born, the loveliest of all was the unicorn. I t s t a r t e d o u t a s a r e g u l a r N o r t h S h o r e Y a k i t y Y a k c l u b t r i p . Destination: Urupukapuka, Bay of Islands based at Otehei Bay over Anniversary weekend. Led by Paul & Natasha - it was sure to be organized to the nth degree and run like clockwork. And it was, it did, with one notable exception – one clubbie leaked (or was it more like broadcast?) that it was his birthday that weekend. Friday afternoon revellers banded together and were practically blown over from where the road ends just past Rawhiti, down the Albert channel, to the big island. Securing the beach front for Yakity Yakkers, we settled in the camp’s cookhouse to wait for the night paddlers. Apart from the usual ‘meeting and greeting’ it was a quiet night with an 8.30am muster scheduled for the next day. Saturday dawned drab, windy and shrouded in cloud. A good day for a book? Nope, we were here for the kayaking! One pod elected to do a tour of Urupukapuka Island and Waewaetorea and Okahu which hang off the nor-eastern end and came home elated. Their stories that night were of dolphins. The other pod took a compass bearing, and then had a few hair-rising moments as out of the gloom tourist boats sped towards the Hole in the rock AND US. Once reaching the safety of the mainland shore, we clung to it and inched our way north to Deep Water Cove. Caves and narrow gaps lured many and gave some of us, an adrenalin rush. Witnesses never knew such a small person could scream so loudly. I was caught out, washed backwards and inches from needing major surgery to my new boat and maybe to myself. My “NO, NO, NO’s” and Chris’s “PADDLE, PADDLE, PADDLE” worked. What a workout! What a high! At the Cove our pod split, with one group determined to get to Piercy Island. They did, but the swell was too great to safely go through the Hole in the rock. Some very tired people congregated in the cookhouse that night. Others running on high octane, high energy fuel Nadia Lehmann is highly visible. plotted… Sneaking off to bed, I thought the birthday boy belonged to the tired fraternity as at 9.30pm, from the tent next door came the sound of snoring. But the cunning devil was just catching a few winks before the game began. The mischief makers were bent on letting his tent down, but to their dismay he was not in it. The hunted became the hunter… imagine if you can - 40 & 50 year olds playing hide and seek in the pitch black, among tent guy ropes, flax bushes, pohutukawa trees and kayaks… giggles, whispers, stumbles… He thought he’d out foxed and out lasted them all, went back to his tent and to bed only to have the revellers return at 12.45am with the inevitable party poppers. He could not escape. Sometime after 1am peace reigned. Then Noah looked out through the driving rain Them unicorns were hiding, playing silly games Kicking and splashing while the rain was pouring Oh them silly unicorns. The sunshine over breakfast on Sunday was promising…by now there were about 40 of us in camp. A small pod (notably all using Greenland paddles) took off straight-lining the 15km to Piercy Island, determined to go through the Hole in the rock. The swell defeated all but two daredevils – Christine went inside, and Neil went right though. The rest of us, wanting a more restful paddle, broke into 4 pods heading in various directions but all 34 ISSUE FORTYone • 2 0 0 7
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