This morning we checked out of our Airbnb and headed to downtown Auckland for a free walking tour. Free walking tours are usually good because the guides are working for tips and this one was no exception. We didn’t actually see anything too special, but there was a lot of good information and history about Auckland and New Zealand.
The above picture is of the British governors office from the 19th century. The interesting thing about it is it is made entirely of wood, but it is shaped and painted to appear to be stone, to give an appearance of solidity and wealth. It is now part of the University of Auckland campus.
After the tour we had lunch and left Auckland for our next stop. A friend of a friend of Yanmei’s had a small farm just south of Hamilton. The drive was pretty nice, but nothing spectacular yet.
The farm was a lavender farm.
I happened to get a cool shot with the telephoto lens.
After the farm we headed to our next stop, which was another Airbnb near Tauranga.
We have a pretty busy schedule ahead of us, because we have to be in Christchurch on South Island by January 16th to pick up our RV.
David