Posted in Holidays on June 4th, 2010 1 Comment »
This museum is a wonderful tribute to outstanding sailing skill throughout the ages and how people first arrived in New Zealand.
From the arrival of the Maori and Polynesian, through the discovery of New Zealand by Europeans and migration, to New Zealand’s winning of the America’s Cup and a tribute to Sir Peter Blake. The [...]
Posted in Holidays on June 3rd, 2010 4 Comments »
Where can you see a wonderful collection of crystals, feed animals, ride a pony and go on a roller-coaster all at the same place?
Crystal Mountain of course!
We walked into a crystal shop to rival all others and the girls, who both collect gem stones (future geologists perhaps or treasure hunters?), were in their element. [...]
Posted in Holidays on June 2nd, 2010 2 Comments »
Standing at 328 metres the Sky Tower in Auckland is only for those with a head for heights. The experience starts in the lift, where a portion of the floor is 38cm thick glass, revealing the lift shaft below. As the lift rockets to the top of the tower a window reveals an [...]
Posted in Holidays, Life in action! Videos: YouTube on June 1st, 2010 3 Comments »
On the first day of winter, with heavy rain pelting down, we drove to Snow Planet; where the outdoor weather bears no influence on the conditions indoors. We paid our money and entered a snow filled fun zone built into the side of a hill. The temperature was -4 degrees centigrade. Brrrrr!
After [...]
Posted in Holidays on May 31st, 2010 6 Comments »
You can come too, too, too…
And you’ll see some amazing animals that will bring a tear to your eye at Auckland Zoo.
Others will make you laugh, though the life of their mates in the wild is often far from a comedy.
And some animals are definitely better off safely enclosed, especially cheeky ones like these (who [...]
Posted in Holidays on May 31st, 2010 10 Comments »
So, this is where we’re hiding out for a week. We spent Sunday morning exploring our locality and finding out that it’s home to a high populace of British and South African folk. Browns Bay is one of Auckland’s East Coast Bays suburbs.
First observations…
Everyone here seems to own a dog and [...]
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