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Published: November 15th 2007
Ferry
View of Auckland from the ferry ride overAnother awesome day.
Got started early....breakfast in the hotel (my snazzy traveler husband is a big shot at hte hyatt so we got the free breakfast in the regency club lounge) then headed down town. Walked around a bit - lined up our car for tomorrow, took some pictures on the pier of hte harbour bridge, et al - then caught the 10AM ferry to Waiheke Island.
Waiheke Island is about a 35 minute ferry ride from Auckland - its a very scenic ride, leaving the city adn weaving through georgous little islands in the harbour. But hte most amazing view of all was arriving at Waiheke. What an amazing place. It still has this old hippy settler feel to it - and as Jenny, our tour guide, described it to us - there are no traffic lights, no McDonalds, no Hospital, and 1 supermarket. And driving around, that was the feel you got. ARound every turn was another fabulous view of the water and land. Its all pretty much settled now, with huge vineyards, beautiful beaches, and great little vacation homes.
Got a great tour - and stopped to take many pictures along the way - the
lambs
Local lambs - also known as christmas dinner sheep field, the Oreo cows, the rooster dump, the harbour view, etc. The rooster dump was my favorite. The people were tired of having hte roosters wake them up, so they just dump them in this general area - and they hang out there all day. They know to expect food from stopping cars so as we pulled up they enveloped us. It was hilarious.
First stop was Mudbrick Winery - they had a nice selection of wines, but nothing we overly fell for. Then we continued along the way and went to an award winning oil mill, Rangihoua , the only one on hte island. Got a tour of the mill and got to taste some outstanding olive oil. Next was lunch at this great place - Te Whau cafe at the winery. Not only was the place architechurally interesting (with an amazing view), the food was to die for! Then we made a stop at Stonyridge Winery - some interesting pours there, but by the time we got there we were both exhausted anyhow.
Caught the 4:45PM ferry back to the city, and strolled around town a bit. Then back to the hotel for some happy
oreos
Oreo cows - think i could unscrew their heads from their tails? hour. I think we will try to grab a light dinner tonite. Tomorrow we are off to Waitomo Caves in the morning....
Jet lag is a bitch.
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we are up in woodstock with no cell service....this keeps us in touch with the real world...or should i say the unreal! we love and miss you..enjoy all u can!