Day 10c-Auckland (from Lindsay)

In the morning following disembarking and getting on the hop on and hop off bus tour we arrived at our first stop Weta Unleashed for the tour workshop. It was so much fun. Millie didn’t like the first stop which was a horror movie for creation of monsters and the makeup and prosthetics. But we loved the fantasy area with dinosaurs like Elves and baddies like Orcs. We also learnt some new techniques for creating things out of foil. The robot was kinda cool as well.
After that millie and I left Steve and went on the hop on and off bus again. We got a commentary with interesting facts about Auckland and the buildings until we got to the zoo.
We had a lovely time exploring after a quick lunch but the most exciting thing was we got to see a Kiwi. It was so close.
After all the noise the people were creating it was no surprise that it was hiding so I asked Millie to stay behind when they left and we waited in the dark until we saw some bushes move. Then I was looking through my night vision on my phone and it was right in front of us. They are much bigger than I thought but very cute.
We kept wondering until just after 16:00, just missing the last hop on and hop off bus back so we caught a taxi back to the ship. We went through the markets and I brought a necklace. It was a lovely Mummy and Millie afternoon.
When we got back on the ship, we had a play in the pool.Read more