Mairangi Bay

[Kyle]From Tiritiri Matangi Island, our next leg was to the little-known tourist spot of Miarangi Bay, back on the mainland, on Auckland's North Shore. In fact, it is so little-known that nobody knows about it. Mairangi is not an anchorage, per se, but it does have a long beach with plenty of sand for the anchor. The wind for the next few days was not forecast to break out of the low single digits, so an open roadstead anchorage sounded like a good way to get at least a little breeze, while also having long views of the Hauraki Gulf.

When we arrived there was a GIANT floating water park in the bay - but the next day it was towed away

Also, Maryanne had been making increasing noises about how we needed to get to a grocery store sooner than later. That was the real reason. Mairangi is the closest we will probably be able to anchor Begonia to a big store, requiring only a four-block walk from the beach.

We decided to pad out our day on Miarangi by taking the long way to the shops and having breakfast at a nice café on the way. Almost as soon as we stepped ashore, one of the wheels fell off our wheelie cart. Why hadn't it occurred to us that we would need to check all the fasteners on items bought mail-order?

Anyway, almost as soon as it happened, Maryanne spotted a local handyman, Dan, having his lunch at the van. Since he looked like a guy who knew which end of a tool was which, she asked him if he might be able to help us jury-rig a solution. Alas, he could not, but he did have the right-sized nut to replace the missing one, so we could do a proper fix instead. Thanks, Dan!

The town is beyond the beautiful cliffs on the beach, and on route a wheel fell off our shopping cart, luckily we were lucky to find Dan - Thanks Dan

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Anchorage location >> On google maps