Rangitoto Island Auckland

The flight descent into Auckland over the coast of New Zealand was spectacular and was just the start of things to come. Most people say the South Island is the prettiest, not seen that yet, but can tell you the North Island is spectacular.

Got the bus from the airport into town and found our accommodation, that's when the trouble started …

Flew from Toronto, Canada to Auckland, New Zealand with a very quick stopover in San Francisco. Going to New Zealand for a two week trip before heading to Australia to teach in Melbourne. Two weeks just is not enough, so my trip will only be of the North Island. Hopefully one day I will be able to go to the South Island!
First day in, …

It is 2013! Happy New Year everyone! It is weird to be in 2013 before my friends and family.. I went to the city with Henk, to see the fireworks at the skytower. People don't have fireworks themselves, but there are shows around the country. The show at the Skytower is one of the biggest in the country. And it was beautiful! The city was super …

We woke up to a beautiful day after a handful of nasty grey days and decided to head out into the wild. We made our way down to the harbor and found the old ferry building on Quay St. We caught the last ferry out to Rangitoto Island at 12:15pm and settled in with the crowd on our way out to the island. Rangitoto is an island formed by a volcanic …

Today we headed out to an island called Rangitoto, about a 30 minute ferry crossing from Auckland City. It's a volcanic island and you can see the summit as you approach on the ferry. The island is covered in volcanic rock, but is still very green with much vegetation growing, though this has taken many many years to form. We got off at the port …

I flew with Air New Zealand to Auckland. It was a pretty smooth flight. About 3.5 hours and they have some very good airplanes with your choice of movies to watch on your seat. I watched “The A Team.” I got in Auckland at about 1 AM and got on the internet for a minute, then found a place to sleep in the airport. I didn't …

So, also vorgestern war ich bei Mission Bay am Strand, sehr heiß und sehr schön. Allerdings habe ich teilweise schon ein bisschen sehr viel Sonnenbrand abbkommen. Aber passiert. Das Meer war angenehm nur liegen da irgendwie auffällig viele Scheißsteine rum.. Dann gestern waren Robin, Kerstin und ich morgens auf dem Automarkt am Ellerslie Racecourse …

Hello!

Sorry that it's been a long time since our last blog, but we had next to no internet access with our hosts last week so couldn't do anything other than send a 'We're safe, don't worry' email to my parents and Tom's family. Apologies also to those who've emails I've yet to reply to- I'll get right on it! Tom's going to do last week's …

So....The weekend we have been looking forward to for months is just about to come to an end. We have had the most amazing three days with Gemma and hopefully she loved it too!

Almost everyone we have met in NZ has been lovely, welcoming, friendly and some will stay our friends for a long time. However there is a lot to be said for being …

Yeah!
Finally I could pick Freja up at Auckland Airport on Tuesday the 5^th!
Actually the plane should arrive at 13.30pm, but it was delayed and I had to
wait soo long….

But after 5 month not seeing anybody from home I was able to survive it ;)

It is pretty cool to wait exited at the airport for a …

... for Sydney etc). One thing that has been on my 'to do' list for some time is a trip to Rangitoto Island, just a 20 minute boat ride from Auckland. It's a volcanic island with good walkways, and since it's been 600 years since Rangitoto last erupted, I ...

... for the Big Day Out, which I'm really looking forward to. The next day was a 'mooching around town' day. I'd hoped to go to Rangitoto Island and do a walk to the top of the volcano, but the weather wasn't suitable so I decided to save it for another ...

... been great seeing Young Neil, MadSimon and the girls as well as Nate (who gave me quite an animated welcome!) I intend to visit Rangitoto Island while I'm here as well as catch up with Aunty J (our 'JackieG' from the BB) at some point. The weather ...

... out over the islands of the Hauraki Gulf in the other direction. It was a pretty clear day, so there were amazing views of Rangitoto Island, which rose up out of the sea in a volcanic eruption about 800 years ago (I've noticed that that date seems to ...

... !? November 5, after a lovely sail through the Hauraki Gulf, we crossed paths with the Spirit of New Zealand, a sail training ship based out of Auckland. The trainees were fully prepared and we were fired upon with water balloons and a fire hose, ...

... forget these orange hyperlinks are 'clickable' and give you more info). He then took us up to Bastion Point with a cracking view of Rangitoto Island, drove up to and over the harbour bridge , went to the top of Mt Eden and saw some fantastic views of ...

... tried to be a little more cultural, hit the farmers market for some food and then got the ferry to Rangitoto Island.  Rangitoto Island was formed by a volcanic eruption and gradually became an island.  Therefore it looks a bit strange when you ...

... sun sunscreen it was too late and my face and arms had soon turned completely red. . The following morning I headed to Rangitoto island, a volcanic island about half an hour from the city centre. As a protected site it has been cleared of all pests, so ...

... half decent choice. In between showers, we also walked along Takapuna beach taking in the beautiful views of Rangitoto Island (another of Auckland's volcanoes), which can be seen from most of Auckland's shores. We also giggled at the Christmas ...

... Donnerstag bin ich mit Sara an den Strand in Mission Bay. Hachja. Planschen im Pazifik vor der für Auckland typischen Kulisse (Devonport + Rangitoto Island). Das Wasser war erfrischend! Freitag bin ich dann noch einmal alleine an den Strand – hat ...