Today we went on a "tickey-tour" out to the west of Auckland to show Charlotte and Dougal the wild west coast. Our first stop was the Arataki visitors centre, or "a tacky vistors centre" that Charlotte thought we said... Here is the view from here down over the Manukau harbour.
From here we then headed to Piha, Auckland's most famous beach - here is the view down to South and North Piha beaches.
The sand on the west coast is volcanic black, a complete contrast to the east coast golden sandy beaches. This is the famous lion rock.
The next brief stop was at Rose Hellaby house to show them the view across Auckland.
We then continued up the coast to Muriwai for a picnic lunch then a paddle on the beach. Charlotte is dry in this picture before Dougal held her in the sea and got them drenched by a large wave!
Muriwai is home to one of the two gannet colonies in NZ, so we went up to the cliffs to show them the hundreds of birds. This one looks like it is coming in to land on Charlotte's head...
The rest of the afternoon was spent wine tasting at some of the local wineries, where we made a few purchases for later in the holiday.
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