This morning we awoke to torrential rain pounding on the van roof. The ground we were parked in was a bog, so we decided to spend the morning in, sorting our stuff and starting to pack up.
After lunch the rain looked as though it was easing slightly so we drove down the peninsula to the holiday village of Devonport, which sits picturesquely across the channel from Auckland city centre. A place with an impressive collection of Victorian style buildings, it is styled on the big British holiday towns like Blackpool and Brighton.
As you can imagine we have accumulated quite a bit of stuff over the past 95 days spent in the van, so the bits that are no longer needed were given to a Church Charity shop today.
We then went for a walk along the coast, trying to catch a glimpse of the Auckland City skyline across the channel, we were not very successful though as the mist was thick.
We drove up to North Head, a former Maori Pa, and more recently used as a Navy fortification.
Now retired from use we were able to explore the gun embankments and tunnels.
The impressive set of fortifications were constructed in the late 19th century, in response to the Russian threat of invasion. They were then expanded during the two World Wars.
As we climbed to the summit we finally got a better view of the Auckland skyline.
We drove back to the campsite for our final night in the van, eating our last dinner and then heading out to a couple of bars to toast our 95 days spent in the van!
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