Touring Auckland

On Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3, Rose and I toured around Auckland. We took a sightseeing bus and then spent time at the Museum and at Eden Gardens.  Auckland is actually built on and around old volcanoes so you see cone shaped hills and deep craters that I hope  you can see from the pictures

One of the highest hills is Mt Eden and that is where Rose is standing by the crater.  You get great views of the city from here.  At the base of the hill there is beautiful garderns - the Eden Gardens that we toured.

From another location on the bus tour we had another great shot of Aukland and you will see the Sky tower  which is the most prominent structure in the city and it is built right in the centre of the city.  It is is still the tallest structure in the southern hemisphere.

Also in the downtown area close to our hote was St Patrick' Cathedral - the major Roman Catholic church in New Zealand.  Sat night we went to Thai restaurant for the second time we really
enjoy the food.

We had planned to pick up our campervan on Satuday but they were forecasting a big storm  "weather bomb"  100 -120 km winds and alot of rain so we put if off until Sunday.  As it turned out the storm was not too bad in Auckland but it did cause a lot of serious damage in other parts of New Zealand.