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Album 1: First Impressions of NZ (23 pictures) | Album 2: Rangitoto Island (27 pictures) | Album 3: A Walk around Auckland's Devonport (22 pictures) | Album 4: Puhoi and a canoe ride (28 pictures) | Album 5: Kawau Island Mansion Tour (54 pictures) | Album 6: Wine, Leigh, a cemetery and a storm (25 pictures) | Album 7: Matakohe and the Kauri Museum (44 pictures) | Album 8: Matakohe to Hongiaka (47 pictures) | Album 9: Kerikeri: History & kaleidoscopes (24 pictures) | Album 10: Bay of Islands (45 pictures) | Album 11: The Hundertwasser Toilets in Kawakawa | Album 12: Antarctica in Auckland (16 pictures) | Album 13: "On the coast of Coromandel ......" (35 pictures) | Album 14: Orchids and Butterflies (20 pictures) | Album 15: Driving Creek Railway (23 pictures) | Album 16: Along the 309 Road (37 pictures) | Album 17: Waihi, Whakatane, not White Island (14 pictures) | Album 18: Rotorua (43 pictures) | Album 19: Plan B — Taupo (27 pictures) | Albums 20: Hamilton Gardens, then home (75 pictures) | Album 21: Paradise Garden Seats (12 pictures)

Album 1: First Impressions of NZ (23 pictures)

Day One of our tour was spent trying to get the key of our rented Honda Odyssey to turn, trying to get the satnav to stay on long enough to tell us anything, giving up and buying maps instead, then getting lost anyway. In between times, we visited the Arataki Visitor Centre in the ranges west of Auckland, found our way to our B&B in Devonport, had a short ferry ride to the city for a quick look around, and found a very acceptable Greek restaurant in Devonport. Here are some of the pictures taken on Day One:
Entrance Guardian
Entrance Guardian
Interior, Arataki Visitor Centre
Interior, Arataki Visitor Centre
Reconstructed eagle
Reconstructed eagle
Gecko in a glass case
Gecko in a glass case
View through display
View through display
Explanation needed
Explanation needed
View South over Manukau Harbour
View South over Manukau Harbour
Track to the lookout
Track to the lookout
View northeast from the lookout
View northeast from the lookout
Shells in a picnic table
Shells in a picnic table
Evidence of cultural change
Evidence of cultural change
Yacht with Harbour Bridge beyond
Yacht with Harbour Bridge beyond
Auckland working
Auckland working
Work and play
Work and play
Approaching Auckland Ferry Terminal
Approaching Auckland Ferry Terminal
Auckland Office Buildings
Auckland Office Buildings
Auckland Skytower
Auckland Skytower
Maori Sculpture
Maori Sculpture
Bored tourists
Bored tourists
Esplanade Hotel
Esplanade Hotel
Two girls, one camera
Two girls, one camera
Jasmine Cottage B&B
Jasmine Cottage B&B
Serious Yachts
Serious Yachts