Wilma and I arrived in Auckland on Monday 16 jan., after two days at Miranda Shorebird Centre!
Read my update of the en-wiki on the centre!
The morning of Tuesday the 17th Wilma and I visited Auckland Domain. We saw the “Wintergarden”(glasshouses).
Here the baskets with Fuchsia (e.g. Fuchsia ‘Golden Anniversary’) are in full flower.
At the nursery we meet Colin Bradshaw. We have met him a couple of years ago and he still works there.
Gerben en Kees arrive according to plan:
Tuesday 17 January 2012 – 12:50 at Auckland International Airport.
After picking up Gerben and Kees we climb Mount Eden.
Unfortunately the weather is rather bad at their first day in New Zealand.
After Mt Eden we go to the hotel. We stay at Kiwi International Hotel.
Address: 411 Queen Street, Central Business District, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand. Tel. +6493796487
It has no kitchen (like a youth hostel), so we’ll have breakfast at the bar, and dinner in town.
In the afternoon we do the (traditional) visit to Devonport and we climb Mount Victoria to overlook the Harbour and enjoy the view of Auckland in the distance. Dark clouds are moving in our direction.
The cloudy weather creates interesting opportunities for taking photos. For instance at the Devonport pier.
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(for some additional information and images: see our wv/db-blog (in Dutch).)
Tags: Auckland Domain, Devonport
