Auckland City from Mount Victoria, Devonport. We took the ferry from Auckland harbour to Devonport. Once there we climbed to the top of Mount Victoria, or Takarunga in Maori. It erupted some 20,000 years ago, and its lava flows now line much of Devonport's waterfront. An important pa (A Maori defended settlement) once occupied its slopes, and some of the pa's earthworks can still be seen.
The weather here is weird. One minute it can be raining and very windy and the next you have to take your jacket off, as it is so warm. We took shelter in a nice little pub called, The Patriot. The owner was from Edinburgh, so we had a nice time chatting to him and of course drinking some beer.
As we have still not got over our jetlag, we headed back to the mainland on the 5.45pm ferry and were both sleeping by 9pm. Still not feeling a 100%, but it is getting better. We are going to try and stay up until 9.30pm tonight, but we will have to wait and see.
Really like the people of Auckland so far. They all have been really helpful and dont laugh in our faces, when we still say some words in Spanish.
We looked into changing our flight, Auckland to Brisbane, for it to leave from Christchurch instead, but it was going to cost $400(US) to do this, so it looks like we will have to drive back to the North Island since we have a budget. Hopefully we will sort out our transport within the next couple of days and will post a picture of our new wheels as soon as.
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