Coast to Coast Walk

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I figured I'd been here for a year and had been talking about walking coast to coast but have yet to act on that talk. I met with Rachel and headed down to her office to print out a map of the walk. I would have gone it without a map, but that's just not for everyone :-)

The walk took us from downtown, up to Albert Park (University of Auckland), the Domain Park, Mt Eden, One Tree Hill park and down to Onehunga Bay. We covered a distance of more than 16KM

One of the best parts of the walk was deviating from the map and discovering the Queen's residence (one the rare occasion that she comes to NZ).

Get back to Auckland proved tricky. The free customer bus from Dressmart didn't come to take us back to the city. We waited at the wrong bus stop and by the time we realized that the correct stop was a block away we'd spent an hour or more waiting.... trouble is on Saturdays the busses run only every 30 minutes or so.

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Photos

Looking North down Queen Street from 8th floor of Office Tower
Started walk from this point. We had to print directions which we ended up loosing.

Stopped by one of my project sites to take a photo of a problem area.
Working on a Saturday! What can I say? It's me.

Winter Garden Greenhouse
You saw flow photos from this place a year ago.

Auckland Grammar School
Fantastic auditorium space for a private school. On this day they had a private art show and charity silent auction. I've not heard back on my bid for the $1000 gift certificate to 277 (Newmarket Mall) I assume my bid was beat out.

Newmarket, Parnell and beyond
See the blue building just behind the large white/brown structure in the foreground? Thats my office. I work on the top floor and face towards the location I'm standing as I take this photo from Mt Eden.

Auckland Harbour Bridge
That is the bridge I jumped from the first day I was in Auckland

End of the Walk
16Km and 6 hours later. That was a long walk!

Comments

[Jeanette]

Great walk
Enjoyed the pictures. Didn't realize Auckland was so narrow in that area of the country. What is your next quest?

[Bill Bryant]

You know, after reading all of the past comments on your blog that folks want displayed publically, I remembered my days as a parent of growing children. I did not wish for them to be like me when they grew up. Rather, I wanted them to hold the same aspirations and values that I felt I should hold. Sometimes it was more "do as I say and not as I do." And that's OK. Few of us view ourselves as perfect. So, when my adult children did not swallow whole all the ideas and teachings I sought to imbue them with, I did not stop loving them or criticize them in public. That is, for better or worse, one of the values I still hold dear: unconditional love of a parent for his children is simply that -- unconditional. There are no buts, what ifs or maybes.