Terry Free
I am travelling through New Zealand at present and looking out for the sorts of things I haven't come across in earlier trips. I'm heading south around Easter time and plan to go on to Australia, Africa, Canada, USA, UK...... Freebornman
Travel Blog Posts
March 13th 2007
I never did get back to the park again I’m sorry to say but got caught up in arranging where I was going to stay for the night which seemed infinitely more important. The next event for me was the annual Cultural Day over in the Mt Roskill. Once again this is a suburb that people would pass through without a glance and yet they hold this wonderful festival here. Mark it in your calendar if you are on your way or even if you are planning to come back. It was held nearer the city in Potters Park several years ago and I was here for the first gathering. People from place as far a field as Ethiopia , Vietnam, Zambia, Japan and more come together each year to celebrate and share their culture. An ... read more
March 12th 2007
It’s so hot as I step off the train at Britomart, Auckland’s answer to a space age station. It’s super modern and I doubt that any young people are able to hang out for long at night without being told to “bugger off”. It’s spotless and you could eat your dinner off the floor whereas in most stations it looks like someone already has. I head straight for Albert Park and the place is seething with people. Along the way are a couple dressed in colourful sequined costumes of red and gold and looking for all the world like mutant Mad Hatter with Alice. They are stilt walkers and talented too, but I can’t help wondering why they are European and playing out a scene from Alice’s tea party. There must be plenty of Chinese stilt-walkers, ... read more
March 5th 2007
First stop Avondale, West Auckland. I take the train from Britomart and pay a guard who doubles as a ticket collector like a conductor on a London bus .He carries a black leather satchel holding pages of tickets, tears one off for me, punches a hole with a little metal punch and continues on. I’m not sure if I’ve entered a raffle. The man across the aisle from me has fallen asleep and I can’t help wondering where he is heading for but in less than fifteen minutes I arrive at Avondale station. In case it’s a winner I leave my ticket on the seat and step down from the train. The place looks deserted and not a soul gets out with me. Avondale could well accommodate the most idiosyncratic concentration of people in the ... read more
I thought I was tripping !!
Published: March 15th 2007Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland
March 4th 2007
The first time I visited New Zealand was in 1970........ sraight from the swinging sixties... the clubs, music, scene, fashion and the swinging sixties of London!!!................ Three days later I was in Auckland...... I thought I was still tripping!! I've made several visits since and love the place of course but this 'trip' I'm heading south and only have time to check out two or three places of ineterest in Auckland that have been suggested. So onward then southward.... read more
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