Back in Auckland for a few days before heading off to the Coromandel Peninsula for Christmas & New Year. Took a half hour ferry trip over to Rangitoto Island which is a dormant volcano that rose up out of the sea 600 years ago and is the youngest island in the Hauraki Gulf. It also makes it the 3rd volcano we have seen so far on our travels (but there will probably be lots mo
re as New Zealand is full of them and Auckland itself has around 50 of them!) Our first volcano was Mount Etna in Sicily, followed by the Greek island of Santorini which is built on the crater of the volcano itself as you can see on the photo. The actual centre cone of the volcano you
can see in the sea behind the super tanned CK! (Her best tan yet, despite my efforts with the talcum powder!) But anyway, getting back to Rangitoto(!)
nobody is allowed to live on the island as there aren't any facilities such as mains electricity or water. However there are several little
houses, called baches (pronounced 'b
atches') which have been there for years and the owners are allo
wed to use them during the daytime but are not supposed to camp there overnight. There used to be over 100
of them at one time but now there are only about 30. We picked out our favourites just in case we missed the return ferry and had to crash there overnight! There are only a few ferries that go to the island each day and it is dr
ummed into you not to lose track of time and miss the return ferry! The last one went at 3.30pm! We took a walk around the west coast of the island which then led up to the summit where we had a fantastic view of Au
ckland and the surrounding islands. Then yesterday we took the ferry over to Devonport, which is actually on the mainland but quicker to get there by boat as it is only a 10 minute trip! We had a free ticket included when we visited Waiheke Island so thought it would be rude not to use it! Devonport is actually quite a classy suburb (although we still prefer Parnell!) We climbed up Mount Victoria
(via Kerr Street!) which is also a volcano albeit an extinct one (taking our volcano count up to 4!) and feasted our eyes on more excellent views of the Hauraki Gulf. Then, all volcanoed out(!) we returned to Parnell and were treated to an excellent music extravaganza by a brilliant Maori Reggae Band. Our toes were certainly a-tapping!!
Back in Auckland for a few days before heading off to the Coromandel Peninsula for Christmas & New Year. Took a half hour ferry trip over to Rangitoto Island which is a dormant volcano that rose up out of the sea 600 years ago and is the youngest island in the Hauraki Gulf. It also makes it the 3rd volcano we have seen so far on our travels (but there will probably be lots mo
re as New Zealand is full of them and Auckland itself has around 50 of them!) Our first volcano was Mount Etna in Sicily, followed by the Greek island of Santorini which is built on the crater of the volcano itself as you can see on the photo. The actual centre cone of the volcano you 
can see in the sea behind the super tanned CK! (Her best tan yet, despite my efforts with the talcum powder!) But anyway, getting back to Rangitoto(!) 
nobody is allowed to live on the island as there aren't any facilities such as mains electricity or water. However there are several little 
houses, called baches (pronounced 'b
atches') which have been there for years and the owners are allo
wed to use them during the daytime but are not supposed to camp there overnight. There used to be over 100 
of them at one time but now there are only about 30. We picked out our favourites just in case we missed the return ferry and had to crash there overnight! There are only a few ferries that go to the island each day and it is dr
ummed into you not to lose track of time and miss the return ferry! The last one went at 3.30pm! We took a walk around the west coast of the island which then led up to the summit where we had a fantastic view of Au
ckland and the surrounding islands. Then yesterday we took the ferry over to Devonport, which is actually on the mainland but quicker to get there by boat as it is only a 10 minute trip! We had a free ticket included when we visited Waiheke Island so thought it would be rude not to use it! Devonport is actually quite a classy suburb (although we still prefer Parnell!) We climbed up Mount Victoria 
(via Kerr Street!) which is also a volcano albeit an extinct one (taking our volcano count up to 4!) and feasted our eyes on more excellent views of the Hauraki Gulf. Then, all volcanoed out(!) we returned to Parnell and were treated to an excellent music extravaganza by a brilliant Maori Reggae Band. Our toes were certainly a-tapping!!
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What are all these poses. Anyone would think you had nothing to do and you were on a long holiday travelling around the world.......ha ha!
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