NZ is very happy this morning after last nights cricket game. We heard the cheers and fireworks going off from the Skytower last night about 11. Even on the 9th floor of our hotel we heard the commotion. Apparently they have reached the World Cup Cricket Final for the first time.
We took the bus down to the harbour this morning and got tickets for the 10:30 harbour cruise. We stopped off at Rangitoto Island for about 15 minutes, it is a dormant volcano and they are trying to keep it pest free and a safe environment for native wildlife and fauna. Lots of dock and marina areas here.
Auckland is quite hilly so we have to watch which direction we want to go. We took a green bus on the inner link today, for $2, and went to Hiwic, a fine historic house built by an English couple from Devon about 1860. He had two wives and 21 children over 35 years. The guide working there was from Yorkshire and had been here 9 years, small world!
We took the bus again and saw some more areas of the city before grabbing a sit down and coffee at the quay area. Tonight is our last night to go out for dinner, we are hoping to find a restaurant serving lamb but no luck so far (only fancy places).
Tomorrow we have to check out of the hotel and hang around town until about 4 before we head to the airport. We intend to take the ferry to Devonport and stroll around and have lunch before going back to the hotel to pick up our luggage. Not sure if there will be any opportunities to upload tomorrow so this may be it. Our flight leaves Auckland at 8pm and arrives in Vancouver at 1:15 pm same day, then we fly to Toronto at 4 and arrive at 11:25pm, suspect this will be the longest day we've had so far, 42 hours.
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