The Big City

We have returned our camper vans and have some time to get to know Auckland.  This is the view from Devonport where there is a naval base and the NZRN museum.  It is a 10 minute commute across the bay from this leafy suburb with colonial timber houses to downtown Auckland with the impressive Sky Tower.

Everywhere there are marinas.  Auckland is reported as having the highest number of boats per head of population in the world and from here that is quite believable.  It is a busy city and quite a contrast to the experience of recent days.  This is modern New Zealand, but the rural New Zealand which has really left its mark.  It feels like a young country in comparison to home with less convention.