Port Fitzroy
Port Fitzroy is a harbour and coastal community on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf.
It is the largest natural harbour in the Gulf, with
Port Fitzroy is a stop for boats to pick up fuel, water and supplies.[2] The harbour is particularly busy with Auckland boaties during the Christmas and summer period.[3]
The settlement has only two basic service businesses,[4] focused on servicing boaties.[5] The Port FitzRoy Store is one of only four grocery stores on Great Barrier Island.[6] 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.[7]
In 2019, Auckland Council introduced a waste drop-off service over summer to discourage boaties from dumping waste.[8]
There are aquaculture farms in the sheltered waters and an annual Musselfest event.[1]
The Warren's and Bridle Tracks, managed by the Department of Conservation, pass a waterfall, deep pools for swimming, and a mixture of native and exotic forest.[9]
Climate
Climate data for Port Fitzroy (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
13.1 (55.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
12.4 (54.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
14.8 (58.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
16.0 (60.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.9 (48.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
11.1 (52.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
14.6 (58.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 92.3 (3.63) |
120.0 (4.72) |
134.1 (5.28) |
115.1 (4.53) |
159.0 (6.26) |
165.8 (6.53) |
245.6 (9.67) |
178.2 (7.02) |
132.0 (5.20) |
99.8 (3.93) |
102.7 (4.04) |
127.6 (5.02) |
1,672.2 (65.83) |
Source: NIWA[10] |
References
- ^ a b "Port Fitzroy". greatbarrierisland.nz. Destination Great Barrier Island.
- ^ "Information for boaties". greatbarrier.co.nz. Destination Great Barrier Island Trust.
- ^ Thomson, Meryle (November 2007). "There's This Place: New Zealand's Great Barrier Island". Latitudes & Attitudes.
- New Zealand Herald. 1 April 2020.
- ^ "Port FitzRoy – the locals are as friendly and welcoming as you will ever meet". livesaildie.com. Live Sail Die. 23 December 2019.
- ^ Wright, Lindsay (3 April 2020). "Isolation island". Newsroom.co.nz.
- New Zealand Herald.
- ^ "Aotea locals face landfill capacity challenges". Auckland Council. Our Auckland. 10 February 2020.
- ^ "Whangaparapara: Mount Whangaparapara Track". doc.govt.nz. Department of Conservation.
- ^ "CliFlo – National Climate Database : Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier 1485". NIWA. Retrieved 20 May 2024.