Saturday, we were in Gisborne, New Zealand. Itis known for wineries, surf beaches and agriculture. The population is about half Maori. It is locally known as "Gizzy". It is the first place in New Zealand that Captain James Cook landed and it is the eastern-most city in New Zealand. Our excursion here today was called "Great Taste Walking Tour".
passengers taking sunrise pictures with me
The rocky shoreline at first light
The city in first light
The shoreline around the bay that Gisborne sits in
the beach running through town
In the tender going ashore
The river running through town.
a wooden sculpture of a Maori canoe ("Te Tauihu Turanga Whakamana")
the clock tower
a wall with over 8000 self portraits created by grades 1-8 school children in 2000
our guide telling us about the wall
many logs shipped through the port
a war memorial statue
First stop on our walking tour was toe tast local cider
the main street through downtown
Maori sculptures
street art
a self serve dog washing station
a sculpture in a park
the old train station
Next stop on our walking tour was for beer testing
Our ship siting in the bay
the beach , some of the logs are from recent heavy rains and flooding on upstream rivers that washed them down to the city and bay. The river through town was clogged with them.
logs being loaded on a ship
our tour group walking along the river
more logs
some of the street art
Many boats. Our ship is in the background
back to tenders to get back to our ship
our ship from the tender
sailing out of the bay where we anchored
the mouth of the river where it flows into the bay. Only one cargo ship can dock at a time.
each evening we get chocolates and program for the next day
The sun getting ready to set
a ship on the horizon
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