Glow worms, onto Auckland

After quite a long driving day that wasn't expected by most of us, we ventured through more nice towns such as Tairua and Pauanui all the time winding our way through forested gorges before ending up at the limestone caves where the glow worms "hang out" (they could of been LED's stuck the cave ceiling for all I knew!). Being easter these areas were full of traffic going in the opposite direction to us which was just fine for us.

As the day drew to a close we had to pick up another bus as we entered Auckland, only to find out that we had to pick up the previous one again because something was wobbling in the steering. We got into Auckland, which seemed much like any other city on Good Friday - quiet.

I wandered into the Queen Street Backpackers right in the centre of of town, and although quite nice, I ventured off to an inner city leafy suburb known as Parnell this morning to a converted house now used as a backpacker. Here for two nights before heading to the Bay of Islands.



Sunday, its out an about to check the basics around town. Weather overcast but good for a long walk out via the "coast to coast" walk.
Headed from the backpackers here in Parnell, and headed south to One Tree Hill (one of the 50 or so volcano mount/craters in the city area). Easy walk out there and then once you've got to this one you can see some of the others from this vantage point. Then on over to Mt Eden of similar height although a better view of the city area. And those white spots are sheep! They are everywhere - even on all the touristy bits.

Continuing on for a walk back via the "Auckland Domain" area before walking back through the city to pick up a free bus which took me around the wharf to catch a ferry across to Devonport. Climb another similar peak there and head back to base.