After couple of hours in Auckland I got that idea:)!!
I can see some of the Hauraki Gulf islands.
On 14th ive get a ferry to Rangitoto Island:)
"Lava Island" thats how I call it!!
<-------Rangitoto Island
Rangitoto Island is the largest, youngest and one of the least modified of about 50 volcanic cones and craters in the Auckland volcanic field.
It erupted from the sea in a series of dramatic explosions around 600 years ago, and is now extinct.
It dominates the local seascape and a visit there is like stepping into another world.(I was in another world honest).
I've done about 18 km in that day.
Gooood feeling.
The island is a public reserve managed by the Department of Conservation and is famed world-wide as a botanical gem.
They got only one sand natural sand beach on the island.
Rest of land is just dry lava peaces.
Motutapu island
Farm land.
I had heaps of bird and sheep shit on my boots:)
Ha ha ha
Land Between Motutapu and Rangitoto
Islington Bay--------->
Motutapu Island has witnessed eruptions, aggressive farming, countless visitors, and animals introduced from far-flung lands.
When Rangitoto Island emerged from the sea 600-odd years ago—blasting lava and ash—Maori frantically paddled away from the adjacent Motutapu Island.
They’d been living on this island for generations. In fact, it was one of the earliest Maori settlement sites in New Zealand.
For Motutaupo’s kiwi, Rangitoto’s eruption had its pros and cons. It destroyed their villages and gardens, but it also made the soil much more fertile and it wasn’t difficult to resettle there soon after.
Thats the place ive been sleeping last night:)
Home Bay ----->
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