Showing posts with label Aukland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aukland. Show all posts

Saturday, 22 August 2015

Last Visit in Aukland before Leaving New Zealand

After completed my last tour of dolphin watching in Paihia, I took a bus to Aukland since my flight leaving NZ was in Aukland.
Spending another few free days in Aukland before my leaving, I went to visit some places including Aukland Domain and Parnell Village. The village is the oldest suburb of Aukland and notable for the cafes, galleries and shops in boutique style. By the way, Aukland Domain is located at 20 Park Road and it’s an urban public park covered 75 hectares area. As a matter of fact; it’s the oldest park in the city. During the days in city, I also did some souvenirs shopping as well as meeting up my friends.

Aukland city
 
Part of the Aukland Domain
 
Parnell Village
 
All the itineraries of my working holiday were done. Frankly, I was feeling fairly tired for my one year trip in New Zealand and I missed my home. It seemed I had enough traveling in NZ. Consequently, I changed my actual flight date to few days earlier, I really couldn't wait to return home.
Boarded the plane at Aukland Airport, I was finally leaving...bye bye New Zealand…

Saturday, 16 June 2012

Finally Arrived in New Zealand, after 12 Hours of Flight

17/1/2008 – My friend May and I arrived at Aukland International Airport. It was our first time and first day in New Zealand and we were pretty excited!

We first caught an airbus from the airport to city area. The bus has a service to drop off at selected accomodations, so we were just in front of the backpackers hostel when we got down from the bus. How convenient it is! Then, we just checked in to the hostel. Fortunately, we had booked it online in advance, it was fully booked on that day and some backpackers couldn't manage to secure a bed on their arrival. This was also due to the peak season during summer. Thus, it's always wise to do research and homework before one's ready to pack things and go.

Before the trip, we had already decided to go Hastings and try our luck in finding work there. As a result, we only spent a day in Aukland. We managed to buy tickets over the counter and headed to Hastings by coach the next early morning. Everything just happened smoothly as planned.

AIRBUS EXPRESS – City To Airport/Airport To City
The cheapest airport transfer service in Aukland. All useful information include prices, pick up & drop off points available at http://www.airbus.co.nz/, I need not elaborate more :)