Day 27 -Auckland

Having left Queenstown with heavy hearts, realising that end of our journey is fast approaching, we were lifted by arriving at Jean-Anne's in Auckland on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Jean-Anne is Richard's father's cousin and Richard stayed here while travelling and working in New Zealand in 1985!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To make the most of our Monday we headed out early to catch the ferry from Devonport to Rangitoto, one of the volcanic cones dotted around the city. Rangitoto is a volcanic island created about 600 years ago.

We climbed to the top to get some beautiful views of Auckland. It is 2.4km and takes about an hour. The boys also explored the lava caves and enjoyed making me worry when they turned up only 10mins before the return ferry. It wouldn't have been to bad, but they had the return ferry tickets!



After lunch we headed off to Ike's Emporium to invest in a bucked and spade and headed off to Milford Beach, where the boys created their biggest and best sand castle to date and then watched the sea wash away it's defences. It took some time as the defences were very large this time!! Finally the king's palace crumbled and we could go home - as it was getting cooler. It is winter here after all!











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Location:Milford, Auckland, New Zealand