17th November 2009
We made our way back to Auckland today via the coastal road all the way from Thames. There are stunning views on this route over the Firth of Thames looking back towards the Cormorandal region where we have spent the last few days. We stopped at various points along the way to do a minor spot of twitching since this area is particularly famous for its seabirds. Unfortunately the extremely changeable weather put paid to us exploring the Miranda Shorebird Reserve.
The route into Auckland from the east is particuarly scenic and follows the shoreline right into the city. Whilst passing through Auckland we returned to Parnell - the district we had stayed in when we first arrived in Auckland a few weeks back - and had a spot of lunch at a cafe before continuing our journey across the harbour bridge to the north of Auckland and Tristan and Andrea’s house were they had kindly offered us a room for the night. A lovely evening catching up on where we’ve been and what we’ve done accompanied by a delicious BBQ meal - cooking Kiwi style!