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Day 195
... to not pay it are they? You ain’tgonna stand there and say "nah, I’m not paying thanks. Now if you just give me my free ticket I’ll be on my way." Besides, ten dollars is a bargain, this museum is fab. Bottom floor is all things Maori with lots of stuff from all over Polynesia, including a huuuuuge canoe carved from a single tree. Then the next floor is natural history, with a really good section on volcanoes (seeing ...
Friday 23rd part 1 - Auckland
... out to Mount Eden for a giant pub meal and a few drinks, luckily we got to lie in but Claire did well to drag herself up in the morning. Theres some really nice pubs around Mount Eden.
On Friday we headed into Auckland town centre for a bit of a lunch and an explore. We'd been around the centre picking up and dropping off the camper and we weren't expecting much but the centres actually really nice. The waterfronts ...
Auckland
Hadn't really expected more jet lag, but its another 6 hours ahead here and its taken some time to adjust (now 13 hours ahead of most of you). We've seen a bit of Auckland - in the drizzle. Today we met up with Phil Greene (an ex-colleague of mine from St Matt's) and ...
Kia Ora New Zealand
... Zealand Dollars we had ourselves a way of getting round the country, and were immediately more relaxed at having ticked off a major task so early on. We christened him Frank, as he looked a bit of a manly car and also as a tip of the hat to one of our favourite musicians; Frank Turner.
Next stop, we bought a mobile phone as cheap as we could, and all of a sudden we found ourselves quickly becoming ready to begin the road trip. We celebrated by getting stuck into a heavy ...
Auckland
... see somewhere in its best light so perhaps we’re being a bit unfair.
On day four there’s a slight improvement in the weather so we catch a ferry to Waiheke Island about forty minutes away. It feels good to be out of the city and enjoying some of the views from Waitemata Harbour. The Island itself used to be mainly inhabited by hippies until the wealthy arrived and set up holiday homes. It now has a healthy ...


