Devonport

On Friday I had a bit of spare time in the afternoon so I decided to catch the ferry across to the suburb of Devonport on the other side of the water.. It was a really nice place, a small residential neigbourhood with people sitting outside nice pubs, restaurants and cafes not doing much.

From there I climbed to the top of the Mount Victoria which has the remains of an old pa - indigenous maori fortification - and overlooks all of Waitehama Harbour, on one side the view looks out over Rangitoto Island which has an active volcano (see left) that erupted around 600 years ago, on the other side the view looks out over the rest of Auckland and the harbour bridge


On the right here is a photo of the stunning views from the top of Mount Victoria looking towards the center of Auckland, with the CBD on the left and the Habour Bridge which I would be bungee jumping from the next day...


And on the way back I stopped to have some dinner at one of the small cafes on the side walk.. It was time to fill my stomack with something other than sushi so I ate a really good seafood pasta (yummy - see on the left) while drinking coffee and writing stuff on my notepad.