Coast to Coast Walk

Coast to Coast Walk, originally uploaded by Fluffy Bear.

There is a Coast to Coast walkway in Auckland that takes you through the city taking in many points of historical interest and fine views. We thought we'd give it a go - especially as it had route markers like the one above. It would be easy!

We got up early (for once), caught the bus into Auckland and made our way to the start. We saw the nice yellow signs and off we went.

Immediately we came across some interesting old buildings from Auckland's past. The trail signs had started to hide but we had a map and so knew roughly where to go.

After a while we came to The Domain - a large park in the center of the city. Suddenly the trail signs were back again and so Kate & Fiona led the way - passing some interesting modern sculptures as we went. The trail led us along a path in a lovely wooded area where the path split three ways. Sadly there were no more signs to follow. We picked the most likely path and ended up in the middle of the park but with no more sight of the trail. We were very close to the Auckland museum though and after a quick family vote we the trail was ditched in favour of lunch and a look round.

There was a large exhibition of WW1 & WW2 artifacts including a spitfire and a Japanese Zero fighter. The best thing by far though was the volcano simulator which provided a feel (including earth tremors) of what it would be like if a volcano erupted in Auckland harbor.

We then walked back into the center of the city where we did some shopping and caught the bus home.