Auckland

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Auckland is New Zealand's biggest city, with more than a million inhabitants, 1/3 of the total population in New Zealand.
It is called "City of Sails", a town for sailing

Tour in town
The first Monday Justine took us for sightseeing. The weather was nice, and we drove through many nice residential areas with a view to the eastern harbour 
Kelly Tarlton
In beatiful Mission Bay we stopped and had a tour dwn into Kelly Tarlton, an underground aquarium and artic museum. We saw sharks and monster rays, and sat on a train passing an ice cold landscape with penguins.
Aukland Museum
Te Papa Whakahiku in an impressive museum. It shows maori culture and history, and also has exhibitions of other pacific cultures, and from more recent New Zealand culture. 
Volcanos
The town is old volcanic area, and there are many hills which are old volcanos. It is 600 years since last activity.

Sites with fact about Auckland:

Auckland Museum
Auckland's Volcano field

One New Zealand

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auckland skyrider2.jpg (35645 byte) Skytower
The high profile of Auckland.
4 i auckland.jpg (51128 byte) Here we are at Mission Bay habour, near the entrance of the aquarium.
fisk.jpg (35910 byte) My only picture from the aquarium
auckland museum.jpg (49172 byte) Auckland Museum
maori-kunst.jpg (48290 byte) Lise studies Maori art -
on vulcano1.jpg (49556 byte) Crater of an old volcano, Waiatarua
on vulcano4.jpg (68645 byte) I made pictures all the way round to create a 360° picture.
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auckland skyrider.jpg (16602 byte) Skytower is a casino and restaurant.
The elevator is speedy, 200 km/h.
A picture from the train through the Antarctic. (picture qualty not good for enlargement)
penguin-mange.jpg (21017 byte) Penguins in Kelly Tarlton
(picture from Internet)
in auckland museum.jpg (68363 byte) There were great exhibitions of Maori carving handicraft - all sizes
in auckland museum2.jpg (44502 byte) Masks from other Pacific islands
on vulcano2.jpg (56228 byte) A nice viewpoint of the city.
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 Sist endra: 11.08.2005

 © Harald Storaker

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