Aquarium - Napier

... ($65!) we drive along the sea front next to the grey volcanic beach. We make the brilliant choice to go into the national aquarium of New Zealand. There are plenty of fish in here, but the highlight is definitely our first sight of a kiwi, which we wait ...

... , instantly adding 2000 hectares of waterfront. Back in the car it's stinking hot, so we duck into the new National Aquarium of New Zealand, a wonderfully designed (and air-conditioned) piece of architecture. Re-emerging at 4pm, it's still damn hot, ...

... told of us a good Thai place to eat and made reservations for us. Since it was still raining, we went to the National Aquarium. It wasn't quite what you'd expect from a National Aquarium but was good enough to pass an enjoyable hour. (We may be jaded ...

... characters that were out that night - Gerard seemed to attract them!! We spent the next day just relaxing. We went into the aquarium and up to the city lookout point before heading off for a much needed quiet night at the cinema!! (American Gangster is ...

... 's hebben. Kiwi's zijn actief in de schemering en zijn daarom in het wild erg moelijk te spotten. Daarom hebben ze in dit aquarium (ik weet het, landbeesten in een aquarium, vreemde vogels, die Kiwi's) voor hun de schemering nagemaakt. Vandaar dat je ook ...

... exhibits.  We were able to visit 3 or 4 levels and 2-3 exhibits on each.  One exhibit included a large display of New Zealand sea life... right up Jessica's alley.  She took it as a challenge to name most of them without looking at the ...

... protected by the Art Deco Council. But before we got to explore that aspect of the town we spent the morning in the National Aquarium, reputed to be the best in NZ and it didn't disappoint.  We saw too many species to recount but there were all ...

... und abgeschundene Schnauzen mit denen sie immer wieder gegen den Beckenrand stießen. Uns wurde auch erzählt dass das Aquarium früher einen Alligator beherbergte, bis dieser an einer Magenerkrankung starb die zu spät von den Pflegern entdeckt wurde. ...

... to the Future with all it's 1950's style Art Deco buildings. It was really pretty. We took a trip to the award winning aquarium which was pretty good and then to Opposum World - possibly the worst tourist attraction ever! It was basically a shop ...

... and more maori art...ok, been here nearly 2 weeks and visited far too many museums with maori stuff! 2day we went to another aquarium (cause it had more kiwi's and also croc's) in the mornin and then we were about to go and play some crazy golf when ...