Ferry to Waiheke Island

We got up early this morning & dropped our rental car at the rental car depot at the Auckland Airport & took the SkyDrive bus to their depot in the Central Business District. We then had to walk with our bags for 20 mins, or so, to the Ferry Terminal. We just missed the 9am Ferry because of traffic coming into the city centre. The 10am Ferry got us to Waiheke Is by 10:40 where we ordered a Ryda car to take us to our accommodation for the next two nights. After talking to our host, we walked along on SW shoreline for a while around Huruhi Bay, then climbed up the hill and walked to our closest two beaches, Onetoa & Little Onetoa beaches. Both were lovely & largely unoccupied. We noticed that houses are not cookie cutter homes anywhere in New Zealand. Each one is unique. We walked back along the main street & had some nice conversations with a couple of shopkeepers. We ate dinner in an Italian restaurant, one of the few eateries in the area.Read more