We cant believe it- Well the folk over here not only speak a bit funny they also have some pretty old fashioned liquor rules. Good Friday was bad enough but its happening again- Easter Sunday is also a no no for liquor. Today we take a ferry ride on the beautiful harbor and head to Waiheke Island. The […]

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We stumble across a fantastic brewery and decide to grab a some choops (or chips as some say) and a few of their tasty beverages.

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We started off the day with a short drive to Motat a really interesting technology and transport museum come theme park.  There were some wonderful displays.

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We survived Good Friday with very little beer, so we are surprisingly sparky, its a great day to do a bit of a roadtrip and see what we can find around Auckland. We drive across the harbor bridge on the motorway – its very much like motorway patrol, plenty of battlers in busted up old […]

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Mac’s meal service closed things were looking grim so we headed back to the hotel and noticed the bar was open for guests. There really is a beer god!

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Its off to Macs Brew Pub for some Good Friday ales, we can only drink while we are dining, so its going to be a very slow meal. Pub is great, really funky and there are some wonderful beers on tap.

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Its a bit damp out there but not cold so we decide to take a boat ride over to the north sore to a place called Devonport, but the pubs are closed- bummer!

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Being Good Friday pretty much everything is closed, but the casino is open so we wandered up there to see what was going on, surely the have some exemption for the demon drink, it is a Casio after all. The casino is under the huge skytower that is the highest point in Auckland and the […]

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We arrive in Auckland after a easy flight, and pick up or blue XR6 from the Hertz dealer before heading into the city to find our hotel.  Its a bit overcast but not a bad day.  A quick check in then its time to explore the city, from first glance it looks Adelaide size maybe […]

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You might remember from our last roadtrip we had difficulties getting home from Los Angeles. The Qantas Scarebus was grounded due to parts of a plane falling off while flying over Indonesia and we had a long delay while Qantas found some crusty  old 747 from their graveyard and checked to see if all the bits it […]

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