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Day 131- We were up really early to leave for the airport. We headed along to the free tram to find it didn't start running till 9am and without a travel card we couldn't use the rest. Luckily we had gave ourselves plenty of time as it took us an hour to walk to the airport shuttle stop- we were wrecked. The purpose built road that takes you to Melbourne airport has a special government law over it allowing no public bus, tram or train to take people to and from the airport, so the only way is the over priced bus or a taxi - just about sums up the rip off that is Australia. We caught the shuttle to the airport and checked in. We spent our final few dollars on a Burger King as we were starving then we boarded our plane. The flight was good and in sequence we watched 'Taken 2' and 'The perks of Being a Wallflower' which were both really good. We touched down in Auckland, the airport information told us the only way in to the city was via the shuttle bus, no public transport - madness! It dropped us off in the city, luckily right next to our hostel. We dropped our bags and went for a walk around. We found a food court so stopped for tea, after alot of thought we settled for Japanese, I ordered a fish bento and Lloyd got a pork bento they both came with miso soup and were massive. We got a cider and beer, it was so cheap compared to Australia, the bento's were amazing but so big I couldn't quite finish. Feeling stuffed we continued our walk, we walked right along the harbour and around the area. We dropped by a supermarket for food the next day then headed to bed.
Day 132- Up early again we headed out for a walk around the city, we had a suggested walking route so decided to follow that. We headed to St. Kevin's arcade which was full of small vintage and retro shop's which we were over the moon about, we browsed through before settling down to a coffee in the arcade's coffee shop. We continued through Myers park which was pretty, then we passed the disappointing town hall and civic theatre etc. The walk gave us a good insight in to the city and gave us our bearings. We popped back to the hostel for a noodle lunch then to the harbour. We boarded the ferry over to Devonport after hearing a few good things about the place. Auckland has the most changeable weather we have ever experienced but we were having a good half hour and the skies were clear and the sun was shining so the ferry over was beautiful. It was a lovely little place and we did a big walk around the area. We walked right to the top of Mt. Victoria and got the most amazing views of Auckland and the Rangitoto volcano. On the way down the skies started to turn grey so we headed to the ferry just in time before the heavens opened. We went back to the hostel and planned the rest of New Zealand over a bowl of vegie pasta.
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mam St Kevin !!! realy