{"id":24,"date":"2012-01-18T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T08:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edwinov.mooo.com\/edwininnz\/2012\/01\/poor-knights-islands\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:27:00","slug":"poor-knights-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edwinov.com\/edwininnz\/2012\/01\/poor-knights-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor Knights Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today I’m going diving at the Poor Knights Islands<\/a>, here
we get a briefing before we leave the harbour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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We’re leaving the harbour of Tutukaka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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At this arch I’ll be making my first dive today<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Ready to go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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After the dives and on the way back we stop at this enormous cave<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Captain Cook probably named The Poor Knights Islands that way
because from a distance they look like a knight lying on his back
(lying dead after a battle with his shield over his torso)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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We come across Team Gallagher<\/a> who are by now very
close to their finish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Dive! Tutukaka, a big succes and… run by a Dutchman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Great shop!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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We ended the day by going to a really nice hostel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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