I really enjoyed
today. In the distance from Takapuna beach you can see Rangitoto volcano and
today we drove the 10 minutes down to Devonport and caught a ferry over to the
island. The brochures warn you that there are no places to buy food and drink
on Rangitoto and to bring a picnic so it was a mad rush this morning getting
together our lunch (as always everything is last minute with us, very
disorganized family but we get there in the end!)
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| Ferry from Devonport to Rangitoto - Auckland skyline |
The island scenery is totally unique and different and the walk took us up past vast lava flows. The ground being black
seemed to radiate heat and being a hot day anyway we needed several stops for
water. It took just over one hour to get to the top which took us to two look
out spots; one over the crater of the volcano and the other with views back to the
main island and Auckland – quite stunning.
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| Lava fields in Rangitoto |
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| Rangitoto Crater |
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| View from Rangitoto |
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| Walk around Rangitoto Volcanic Crater |
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| Walking through Cave-like Lava Tubes |
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| And going back home to Devonport... |
Then back down to
catch the last ferry back home - a fab day.
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