Monday, 11 March 2013

Aukland - New Zealand

8th March – Auckland

We arrived to a beautiful day in Aukland , and berthed right in centre of town similar to Sydney.



Our tour today was first to a gannet colony, then another visit to a farm. We arrived at a bay where there were surfers (apparently a surfer had been killed the week before by a great white shark !!!) we walked around the cliff top then smelt the gannets before we saw them in their thousands.



After a 45 min stop we drove north through the countryside to an isolated farm with magnificent views,where we were served a BBQ lunch plus wine etc. very nice. Doreen enjoyed walking around the garden before we watched a sheep dog rounding up the sheep for a hair-cut.



On our return to ship we went into town for some more retail therapy as the ship was not setting sail until 7.30 pm.




We returned at 7.00pm and booked the ocean grill for a slap up meal after a great day at Aukland.





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