Day 11 - Auckland
2月29日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 19 °CAnother “free” day for us so decided to hop on the “hop on hop off” bus for a sightseeing tour of Auckland City. Our hotel is in walking distance from the start point of Auckland Explorer Bus,もっと詳しく
Another “free” day for us so decided to hop on the “hop on hop off” bus for a sightseeing tour of Auckland City. Our hotel is in walking distance from the start point of Auckland Explorer Bus,もっと詳しく
Off at 6.15am today to take the 2 1/2 hour journey to Matamata, a sheep and cattle farm that was the movie set of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Trilogies. Fascinating little village called Theもっと詳しく
This afternoon we board the Royal Princess - for the second half of our NZ holiday. So the morning was spent getting in the last sights of Auckland - and window shopping the Prada , Gucci etc shops $$もっと詳しく
First stop on the Princess was Tauranga - about half way down the north island.
Our excursion by bus today was to Rotorua to check out the Te Paula Thermal Reserve with its hot springs, geysers,もっと詳しく
Nothing to see today but sea! - Spent the day catching up on washing and relaxing 😎 - played a bit of trivia and the all important bingo - didn’t win at either 😣- tomorrow we dock at Wellington.
This morning we docked in Wellington for the day. First up was a visit to the Wellington Museum. Because of time restrictions by the tour organisers we had limited time there which was disappointingもっと詳しく
We left Wellington port today at 11am as it was too rough to leave yesterday at 6 pm as scheduled. Luckily the swell had settled and although a little bit “rock and roll” it wasn’t too badもっと詳しく
Today we docked at 7am at Port Chalmers on the east coast of the south island of NZ.
After breakfast on the ship we caught the shuttle bus for the 20 minute ride into Dunedin for a sightseeing lookもっと詳しく
We left Port Chalmers last night for a very windy and rocky ride around the bottom of New Zealand.
Today we are visiting five fiords/sounds along the south east coast of NZ.
The weather was not theもっと詳しく
Nothing to report on these two days - just the usual on board activities. I will be pleased to get off tomorrow in Hobart as it’s been “ rock and roll” since we left Port Chambers in NZ. We areもっと詳しく
旅行者 Wow, you definitely got a lot into one day.