Our last few days in New Zealand were spent in Auckland … though we needed to travel through quite a few cow pastures and sheep fields before arriving back in civilization.
Stopped off to have lunch at a black sandy beach with huge amounts of lava stones and drift wood. Took a few with me for my stone collection, as well as a bit of drift wood for the stumpery in our garden at home. Black beaches are very cool indeed.
Went to the botanical gardens and took a boat to an island off Auckland to go swimming and try and find Kiwi … without any success unfortunately, despite the island having recently been repopulated with the funny looking birds. Also could not have left Auckland without having gone up the sky tower for some amazing panoramic views over the bay, the city and the many volcanos on which the city is built on.
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