Thought I would update quickly whilst Mark is looking at campervans/ vans for us to live in, and we still have free internet access. 

We had a really  nice day out yesterday, looking around the North side of Auckland. We took a ferry ride (urgh seasick!) to Devonport, and got some amazing views of the city skyline, including the sky tower (see link here). I took some photos but camera isn’t working at the moment so can’t add them yet. 

We learnt about ‘tree tomatoes’ from the farmers market on the pier - apparently these are the ‘original’ tomatoes (obviously) but they looked like red plums to me! Saw some very strange fruits and veggies there…I’m sure I will learn in time what they all are!!

Devonport turned out to be a really quaint little village with typical colonial-style buildings all painted in different colours, exactly what I expected of New Zealand, and the sun even came out whilst we ate our lunch. (its still pretty cold tho.)

It was a really busy little place, everyone out for a sunday stroll and some coffee. Looked at accomodation options in Devonport, but it seems like the most expensive bit. The hotel manager where we are at the moment has recommnded a hostel near here, in a place called Ponsonby. Think we will go and have a nosy there today. We have one more night in this hotel booked, but need somewhere a bit cheaper really. Will prob hire a car today too.

Last night we found it really cold when we went out for tea, it is about 2 degrees centigrade. Saw on the news today that there are still loads of floods in England, hope none of you have floated away!

Anyway I won’t waffle on too much, just thought I would update while I still can. Once we are out of Auckland we might not see a computer for some time!

Take care

love Gill

xoxo