Sky Tower Conquered

Now normally we are very inquisitve people and when we arrive somewhere we jump at the chance to head to the best vantage spot. Upon arriving in Auckland we have had the imposing Sky Tower looking over us and we had vowed to go up once we had perfect weather. Well in September Anja's brother arrived and took the opportunity to scale the heights whilst we were both at work. Even with a discounted voucher from him we found no need or want to head skywards.

December arrived and time had passed since our June arrival and yet still no visit. My friend Shuan arrived and had the wettest week ever during his time here but still he made the journey to see over Auckland. Again we had a discount voucher from him and as December slowly was fading

Christmas Eve arrived and it was decided to head on up finally.

Jason with Rangitoto Island in the background.

Auckland Harbour

Auckland Domain with Auckland Museum

View to One Tree Hill

View over Auckland

We hoped to be sneaky and see the sunset but the sun wasn't shining that well but the timing of our visit was very fortunate. Being Christmas eve it was fairly quiet so once we made the descent we really enjoyed looking over the city we had made our temporary home. They have cameras there so you can zoom in on landmarks and this was even better understood as since we have lived here for a while we know a little bit about New Zealand's biggest city.

Scary glass floors

Alas I couldn't convince Anja that the glass floors were safe but still we both lapped in the scene whilst having a coffee in the cafe. At 328 metres Sky Tower is the tallest tower in the Southern Hemisphere so we can now say we have came and conquered and hey it was ok!!

Jason

Aucklands Harbour Bridge

That's where we live...

It's all about the fun :)))