Day9 - Auckland

Day 9 - yippee! we did laundry.... sorry that's all for today...

OK, so we went for a drive too. This time we headed to east Auckland to Mission Bay, Orakei, St. Heliers, Glendowie, etc... then down beside the Tamaki River. Across to Sunny Hills, Half Moon Bay and then at Bucklands Beach, we drove off the map. We drove around until we found a road that matched up on a very rudimentary map (that only showed 3 roads) - what luck! Then to Beachlands and Maraetai just as the sun set and then another round of find the road that matches up, but this time in the dark... woohoo! we are daredevils! Stopped at the store and bought the basic food groups, wine, TimTams (yum!) and some very expensive fruit - no wonder everyone eats mostly fried foods and coffee.

J likes the houses on the cliffs...I suppose if forced, I could get used to living in a mansion... Good districts were One Tree Hill, Sunny Hills, Pakuranga, Buchlands Beach, Point England Riverside Ave... won't someone lend us a $ million or 2? Places to forget: East Tamaki, Paptoetoe, Otara, Onehunga, Glen Innes (for our info, this will/should mean nothing to you).
Back at the motel, some Aussie Rules footie on the telly... i love that ref! We've reserved our table at the pub for Saturday's game - All Blacks vs. Canada ...apparently Canada usually gets several points when playing these guys (sometimes as many as 6) - too bad the All Blacks usually get at least 10x more.... but we'll be cheering for Canada anyway!