Auckland Day 3

Very Wet Auckland

Rain, rain and more rain. Just like back home in Sydney really.

Slightly Wet Auckland

Off we set to the museum. An excellent place with fine exhibits - many were interactive for children. The spine tingling exhibit for us was a simulation of a volcanic eruption in the Harbour in Auckland. Up to this point we had not realized that the city of Auckland is really a mass of volcanoes.





The simulation suggested that an eruption in Auckland was not IF but WHEN. A scary thought. The horror of the simulation reminded me of the cyclone Tracey exhibit in the Darwin museum. Awful.

Kaye and Trevor

Devonport

Kaye and her husband Mark picked us up from the hotel in the afternoon. Kaye was one of the young people in the church at Riverstone 40 years ago. We have both changed a little in the ensuing 40 years I have to say. In spite of the time gap they were very gracious in showing us some of the northern areas of Auckland



- especially Devonport (more rain) and then took us to their home for a delicious afternoon tea. We caught up on old times, family and grandchildren then Kaye returned us to our hotel. There was an amount of nostalgia!







Nadine purchased a beautiful glass paperweight from an artist in Devonport who had studied under masters in Murano. His work is magnificent.