50 Years of the Harbour Bridge

Today is the 50th anniversary of Auckland Harbour Bridge, so we decided to head down to Northcote Point to take some photos.






From this point you can go right underneath the bridge, and also get great views back to the city.






I found some pictures on the internet showing the construction of the bridge back in 1958-9.





The original bridge was only 4 lanes wide and no central barrier, with the clip-ons added 10 years later to bring it up to 8 lanes and a movable central barrier. The volume of traffic today means that they could do with another 4...

Our New Home To Be

Our month away from the blog has been spent looking for our new home. The falling market has finally made Auckland a more affordable place to buy and we can now afford more than a shoebox! This week we went unconditional on our new house, so in 5 weeks time we will be in our new home.



Pictures are courtesy of Barfoot & Thompson Real Estate and no, we won't be keeping the trampoline or toys...





This is the view from the front balcony down the road.





And the main living area through to the kitchen. We can't wait to move and more pics then when we have all our things in.