Looking Down at Port Fitzroy Great Barrier Island

Port Fitzroy is a harbour and coastal community on

Great Barrier Island Great Barrier Island () lies in the outer Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, north-east of central Auckland. With an area of it is the sixth-largest List of islands of New Zealand, island of New Zealand. Its highest point, Mount Hobson, Great Barrier ...

in New Zealand's

Hauraki Gulf The Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana is a coastal feature of the North Island of New Zealand. It has an area of 4000 km2,Kaikoura Island guarding the entrance to the harbour and providing shelter for yachties in almost all weather conditions. Port Fitzroy is a stop for boats to pick up fuel, water and supplies. The harbour is particularly busy with Auckland boaties during the Christmas and summer period. The settlement has only two basic service businesses, focused on servicing boaties. The Port FitzRoy Store is one of only four grocery stores on Great Barrier Island. Port FitzRoy Fuel sells both vehicle and boat fuel, but is one of the most expensive petrol stations in the country due to its remote location. In 2019,

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introduced a waste drop-off service over summer to discourage boaties from dumping waste. There are aquaculture farms in the sheltered waters and an annual Musselfest event. The Warren's and Bridle Tracks, managed by the

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, pass a waterfall, deep pools for swimming, and a mixture of native and exotic forest.

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{{Hauraki Gulf Great Barrier Island Populated places in the Auckland Region Ports and harbours of New Zealand Populated places around the Hauraki Gulf