Three days in Auckland. Travel advice.

[einesonne]

Need to travel to Auckland for work this month. I am planning to stay on for the weekend for travel and photo opportunity. Please inform me what must I NOT Miss in Auckland ?(just have three days), Will rent a car for the weekend and force my partner(he is not keen) fly down to keep me in company since I don't have any friends in this city.... Worth renting a car to travel further out? If you have some great shots of Auckland please post here and I will soon join the cue.

with regards,
travel addict einesonne

[einesonne]

Auckland nz?

[K1W1]

Kelly Tarltons Underwater World

One Tree Hill

Dinner at Sky Tower

If the weather is good a trip to Waikere Island

Devenport

Ponsonby

Whangaparaoa

MOTAT

Waitakere Ranges

I could go on.

[einesonne]

Thank you KIWI again for your valuable service. Blickr is just fantastic- currently downloading 9856 photos I had in flickr.... THANK YOU.
OK, I am deffinately going to do sky tower dinner for two and ONE TREE HILLl. The rest I will ask my man to pick since I am forcing him to fly down. He hates airports, planes and credit cards. And I love throse three

[K1W1]

If he likes Army stuff the Museum in the Domain has a fairly good display of that nature.

If you really want something different get a rental racer and drive down to Woodlyn Park at Waitomo, watch the show, stay in one of the strange motel units and do the Waitomo caves and see the kiwi display at Otorohanga.

(I'm only half joking).

[LJG]

K1W1 has hit the nail on the head and Sky City is a must



Aukland itself is quite a nice place just to walk around and see the sights, there is quite a lot and you won't take it all in with one weekend! Just stay away from the camera stores, they are pretty darn expensive over there!

[einesonne]

[QUOTE=K1W1;111691]If he likes Army stuff the Museum in the Domain has a fairly good display of that nature.

If you really want something different get a rental racer and drive down to Woodlyn Park at Waitomo, watch the show, stay in one of the strange motel units and do the Waitomo caves and see the kiwi display at Otorohanga.


They all sound fantastic for me as I am into anything and everything that is new. However, my man loves fishing and resting. 2/1h hour drive might be pushing it
it a little ...Getting him to come to NZ for weekend is even a big favour. He loves home and hates planes, airports and credit cards. .


You must be a real KIWI! From North or South?

[einesonne]

K1W1 has hit the nail on the head and Sky City is a must



Aukland itself is quite a nice place just to walk around and see the sights, there is quite a lot and you won't take it all in with one weekend! Just stay away from the camera stores, they are pretty darn expensive over there!

"Stay away from camera stores " You must be a mate of my Man", he is afraid of camera stores. .

Cant wait to get up there and take pics like yours. Thank you for your input.

cheers,
einesonne

[Spearmint]

There are some wonderful photo opportunities in and around Auckland.

You should get quite a few strolling along the waterfront.

To add to K1W1's great list, here are a few others...

Just down the road from Kelly Tarltons is Mission Bay

Western Springs also worth checking out

Western Springs is a residential suburb and park in the west of the city of Auckland in the north of New Zealand. It is located four kilometres to the west of the city centre, situated to the north of State Highway 16.
The suburb is dominated by the large park (featuring a lake with a variety of birdlife), within which are situated Auckland Zoo, Western Springs Stadium and M.O.T.A.T. (the Museum of Transport and Technology)[1]. The park is the location of the annual Pasifika Festival, one of Auckland's most popular public events.
Across the road from the Zoo is the school of Western Springs College, with a student population of around 1050. Some students attend Mount Albert Grammar School. Catholic students commute to St Paul's College or St Mary's College, Marist College or St Peter's College.

Parnell Village

Have a great trip, we'll be there in February!


EDIT: Here you go I just found this site