The Olives
Travel Blogs from Kumeu
World Aquathlon Championships
... by the regular updates from Eva, Ian and Sam who were all dashing between different points on the course to provide splits and positions. Meaning I finished 8th and was first Brit in the 20-24AG The rest of the afternoon was spent with Hannah getting a post race massage and recovering from the race. Before we all went out to a very nice steak house! Hannah choosing to have half a cow rather than a ...
Die ersten Tage in Auckland
... wie die Bungeejumper da runtergesprungen sind. Hab davon super Videos und Fotos gemacht die noch folgen werden. Waere ja auch gerne gesprungen aber da ich noch die andern Sachen ausprobieren will, war mir das zu teuer.
Nach dem Ausflug waren wir noch im Office von der Organisation und haben uns nach Au pair erkundigt. Bin nun am ueberlegen ob ich das nicht die ersten 3 Monate ueber mache ...
Auckland and the Mighty All Blacks
... jacket. Jacqui provided a green flag for us to go with the tri colour we brought ourselves and to give them both their due they did sing Ireland's Call and did shout all kinds of encouragement for Brian and the boys. But you should have heard them sing their own anthem and shout for their own scores! By now you all know the outcome but the men in green did n't give up easily and the score did not reflect how well they played. It was a match! But those ...
Trounson Kauri park- Muriwai beach
It was raining when we woke up at Trounson Kauri Park and it had been all night! Neither of us slept well because of it so we made ourselves a hot breakfast (beans on toast). We left the site as upon reading our guide, we discovered that there was nothing interesting between there and Auckland, and since it was rainy we decided to make as much headway ...
Auckland, Day 2
... all kinds of things from jewelry to a beach bags to wood carvings and so on. From the village it was only about a 20 min. walk to the ferry where we caught the 4 pm crossing for downtown Auckland.
Back in downtown Auckland we did some quick power shopping as the stores close at 6 pm. They have some interesting stores here and prices vary widely.
By 6 pm our energy was gone so we took the ferry back to Devonport, had a bowl of leek, ...
Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Fitness/Health center
- Free parking