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Goat Island

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Auckland had it’s birthday this weekend, and we celebrated by leaving it… Headed up the coast (as did most of Auckland), and ended up at Goat Island round the corner from Leigh. The Island and it’s surrounding waters are a marine reserve. This is the reason it was so busy as opposed to most other beaches. Matt and I rented out some snorkels and flippers and floated around for a bit. Probably due to the massive amount of people doing the same there wasn’t a huge amount of fish and the water was a little chopped up, but did get to see a fair amount of snapper and goat fish.

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Then headed to the next beach at Pakiri, a massive and picturesque stretch of coast.

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