Devonport

We spent Saturday exploring Devonport and North Head. These are two dormant volcanoes on the North Shore of Auckland at the entrance to the Auckland Harbour. You can see them in the distance in the first picture. You get fantastic panoramas of the Auckland Harbour and city of Auckland from these points. The two mountains have old military fortifications loaded with tunnels and cannons to protect the city. They are no longer used for this purpose and it is open to the public to explore the fortresses. The island in the background is Rangitoto. It is a dormant volcano that dominates the landscape of the Auckland Harbour. The middle beach in the picture with the girls is Kohimarama, where we live. The city of Auckland has 1.3 million people. Sky Tower, the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere is in the center of the city. You can bungee jump off the top of it or take a Sky Walk, which is a walk on a little sidewalk around the top of it. It is completely open and you are harnessed in so you don't fall. There once was a day that these things would have intersted me, but I am a mother now.