Our Wicked Walkabout

Seeing the sights.

We decided to drive into the CBD, the train ride would have been an hour and half, and we felt that driving in Auckland is similar to Ottawa, a big city, but not too big.

So off we headed, our goals for the day, the tower, and see the harbour.

We found a parking lot halfway between the two. :). Only issue, parking in CDB is not cheap! $44 for 4 hours!

We headed to the tower, as we walked up the street I noticed that the Maple trees were starting to turn red… 150 days ago, we went to the tower in Seattle, and the leaves were turning red…if you remember my mini painting of that day 😉

Up we headed…

We headed down after an ice-cream and walked to harbour..

We, as usual, sought out the gems of heritage architecture, nestled amongst the sky scrapers

Once we got back to the car, we decided we still had enough energy for a return trip to the Cathedral. Unfortunately, Due to lack volunteers, (age old story) the old St Mary’s church was not open for viewing today. But we were able to really get to see the cathedral!

My favourite space was the last addition, the Selwyn Chapel. Named after the first Bishop of New Zealand, who had the vision to purchase the land back in 1843. His vision was not realized until 1950’s and not finished until 2017!

Another stellar day!