Auckland and off!
So we're finally at the end of our New Zealand adventure. We've been here about 2 months and had some great times, but it's almost over now.
Today we hit Rangitoto island - an inactive (for now) volcano which popped out of Auckland harbour about 800 years ago. We spent the day on an island tour which took us from the wharf all the way up to the summit of the volcano.
Most of the island is unsurprisingly made from leftover lava - crumbly looking basalt rock which looks awfully like burnt charcoal. There are large areas of the island where nothing grows and it looks kinda like the surface of the moon.
After a couple of hours chugging around we boarded the boat back to Auckland.
The rest of today was spent rooting around for books to read on our freighter trip back to the USA. We have to get to the quayside by 11:00am tomorrow morning. Hopefully there will be enough time to have a quick email and web chack before we leave, but who knows...
Today we hit Rangitoto island - an inactive (for now) volcano which popped out of Auckland harbour about 800 years ago. We spent the day on an island tour which took us from the wharf all the way up to the summit of the volcano.
Most of the island is unsurprisingly made from leftover lava - crumbly looking basalt rock which looks awfully like burnt charcoal. There are large areas of the island where nothing grows and it looks kinda like the surface of the moon.
After a couple of hours chugging around we boarded the boat back to Auckland.
The rest of today was spent rooting around for books to read on our freighter trip back to the USA. We have to get to the quayside by 11:00am tomorrow morning. Hopefully there will be enough time to have a quick email and web chack before we leave, but who knows...
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