Accidental Tourist

New Zealand's was the bumpiest strait I've ever seen

Dianne Stewart gets a bit more adventure than she bargained for sailing on stormy seas across the Cook Strait

02 June 2019 - 00:00 By Dianne Stewart

I’ve always been fascinated by islands — small not large — accessible rather than remote. Recently I found Judith Shalansky’s book, The Pocket Atlas of Remote Islands: 50 islands I have never visited and never will. The author names St Helena and Tristan da Cunha as remote Atlantic Ocean islands she’ll probably never visit...

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