We had an early night last night and slept for 12 hours (Ryan slept for 13 hours) - some much need sleep for all of us!!
Despite my 'triumph' at the corner store(s) last night, Kylie insisted that we needed a fourth attempt so we went searching for Woolworths. We got directions from a visitor information centre (see, I'm learning), but they call their Woolworths 'Countdown' - and they have a beer, wine a spirits aisle next to the fresh fruit!!
Other than the name and copious amounts of liquor, it's basically the same as Woolworths except they call their trolleys 'trundlers':
We went to the Auckland Sky Tower this morning and took a tour up to the top observation deck, some 220m above street level. The elevator had a glass bottom and, despite my love of big rides at the theme parks, I am not ashamed to admit that I didn't feel quite right at that height!!
This afternoon we went for a drive to Kelly Tharlton's Antarctic Adventure and Underwater World. We saw some fish, sharks, turtles and squid. However the main attraction was the penguins. They have about 80 penguins in a custom made water and ice enclosure with an enclosed kart that takes you through which is good as the enclosure is kept at a cool 1 degree!!
And of course Ryan got a penguin teddy before we left!!
In addition to the animals they also had some cool animal statues for the kids to play with:
Sorry to tease you Mum, but this is a photo of the lemon meringue pies they had at the restaurant for desert:
Accommodation - The Hotel Grand Chancellor
Quiz Question - Which is taller - the Sydney tower or the Auckland tower?
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