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One Tree Hill
Western Springs
Auckland Harbour Bridge
Devonport Across the Harbour Bridge to the North Shore is Devonport. The area is a charming, stylish shopping center that attracts commuters who enjoy the quiet lifestyle, as well as tourists looking for a pleasant day in the sun. North from Devonport is a coastline of sheltered coves and white-sand beaches stretching to the tip of the North Island. Takapuna is another good shopping district and popular beach overlooking Rangitoto Island. Waiwera and Orewa
Outlying Islands Cruises are a hit with both the locals and tourists alike. Cruises and ferries leave the wharves daily at the bottom of Queen Street to Rangitoto Island, Motuihe, Motutapu, Rakino, and the holiday resort island of Pakatoa. A catamaran service also brings passengers to Waiheke Island, an hour away in the Hauraki Gulf. Weekend cruises to the Great Barrier Island is also available. The Gulf Explorer, a 48-meter (157-ft) cruise ship, leaves Marsden Wharf on Friday evenings and returns on Sunday afternoons. |
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Mount Eden is Auckland’s historical One Tree Hill and tomb of the ‘Father
of Auckland’, Sir John Logan Campbell. Sir John built Auckland’s first
store as a tent at the bottom of Shortland Street on December 21, 1840,
and was the city’s most prominent businessman until his death in 1912
at the age of 95. Together with his counterpart, he built Acacia Cottage
in 1841, which is the city’s oldest building preserved in Cornwall Park
at the base of One Tree Hill. In 1901, Sir John presented his 135 hectare
(335-acre) farm, encompassing One Tree Hill, as a park for the people
of Auckland.
Western
Springs, located off the Western Motorway, is a favorite picnic and jogging
location for nearby residents and tourists who visit the Museum of Transport
and Technology (MOTAT). A short ride in an old tram serviced by the museum
will lead to Auckland Zoo, which features New Zealand’s unique, flightless
kiwi bird and the tuatara lizard, a living ‘fossil’.
The
bridge that connects the north and south points of Auckland provides a
spectacular harbor view that will take breaths away. Built in 1959, the
bridge was previously a four-lane span, but was extended 10 years later
when Japanese engineers built two more lanes on each side.
A
one-hour drive north of Auckland will lead to the popular holiday resorts
of Waiwera and Orewa. Waiwera, which means hot water, refers to the thermal
springs steaming up from volcanic layers onto a sandy beach in which the
Maori dig holes and lay in pools of hot mineral water. The Waiwera Hot
Pools are excellent means of relaxation for the whole family, with ample
public and private pools of varying temperatures, barbecue facilities,
picnic grounds, and exhilarating steel water chutes called ‘The Choobs’.