Elaine had her birthday on the 30th, so we headed straight up from Auckland to the Bay of Islands so we had somewhere nice to celebrate. As her present I took her out on a boat around the Bay. Don't worry I wasn't sailing it myself, although I did get to drive (sail?) the boat for a bit. We had a great time on the boat, we also stopped off at a deserted island for a bit of snorkeling and had a massive lunch on board.

Back on dry land we went for a really nice dinner by the harbour where the boats come in. A marlin fishing boat pulled in and started weighing the fish caught on teh trip. A six year old kid had landed a nearly 200kg marlin and loads of people came down to see it which was cool.

I embarrassed Elaine by getting our waitress to put a candle in her desert and most of the restaurant sang "Happy Birthday" to her which was cool.

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