Honeymoon in Auckand

[dawnrazor]

If you know anyone with an "entertainment book", blag the hotel vouchers off them, you can get a room in the Hilton for 50% off, all right down in the viaduct, failing that wotif.com is damn good but you have to leave it to at least 28 days before you book.

As for auckland ITS NOT A WALKING CITY - well not in the sense that Wellington is, so you might want to look at a hire car, particularly if you consider a cab to the airport from the CBD will set you back $50.

Things to see, waiheke island is great fun for a day out, you can hire motorbikes over there to get around as well!!!!!
Rangitoto is also a good experience but its all walking and nothing else - good to see though.
Devonport is nice to potter around and walk up mount victoria and see the battlements and tunnels.

The best thing about Auckland is getting out of the city - Matakana, coramandel, waitaks

[lb99]

hey, if you are doing the skypenis then eat at the top. the food is heaps better than fortuna and there is a buffet thing which includes access to the the penis for about $55 a head last time I was there.

trust me on the food if nothing else.

55bux for a feed from a buffet that everyone else has handled first???? fuck off!!, $10 for a full on steak meal at the local booze barn here

Kelly Tarltons sounds good, and I DO want to go to MOTAT, we will be renting a cage, cause I want to do skids on a road that I helped pay for and will most likely never use again

[The_Dover]

yeah, but that steak is probably from one of the pissed locals horses that they tied up outside.

I was merely suggesting that rather than fortuna + skyfallus ($25 +$15) that the observatory is a better feed and you still get to see the sights for a similar price.

motat is cool, kelly tarltons is expensive for the size. the zoo is cool again now that they've got a another tiger.

[Maverick]

the zoo is cool again now that they've got a another tiger.

Mmmm tigers rock!
I could make comments about fearsome red pussies, but I wont,

Oh, too late

[Sniper]

PM me if you need a rental car mate

[crashe]

Kelly Tarlton's is expensive to go and see.... I believe it is now all open again.
Do check their website for prices....
They are along Mission Bay.... and you could then stroll along the waterfront there as well amongest the other walkers/joggers/ inliner's/ and push bikers on the footpath. Yep there is a white line down the footpath to keep everyone to their left.


MOTAT, the Zoo and a romantic walk around Western Springs...... and not forgetting the tram ride (used to be about 50cents a ride)
The Zoo can be a tad expensive as well... but well worth it.
And most likely the only time you will see it for a very long time.

So thats one day taken care off...... then pop up to check out the night life at Sky City. and then in the early hours a wander up Queen street and then along K' Rd.... then off to bed for *wink wink*

Or if you want you could if you had time to pop into the muesum and have a gander at that.



or failing that you could go around all the bike shops on the Saturday....
I am really sure your bride would love that.....
Ok or you give her a credit card and say go shopping while you go and look at the bike shops...

Nope that would be grounds for a divorce.......

[ManDownUnder]

Ok or you give her a credit card and say go shopping while you go and look at the bike shops...

Nope that would be grounds for a divorce.......

Sure would - who wants to go into a bike shop without a credit card handy?

[crashe]

Ok or you give her a credit card and say go shopping while you go and look at the bike shops...

Nope that would be grounds for a divorce.......

Sure would - who wants to go into a bike shop without a credit card handy?

I said "a" credit card... one can only assume that they have more than one.. she gets one and he has one...
Her for shopping.
He for bike and bike gear shopping.

[ManDownUnder]

I said "a" credit card... one can only assume that they have more than one.. she gets one and he has one...
Her for shopping.
He for bike and bike gear shopping.

LOL

Oh crashe - that's very patriarchal of you. It's expacted that the little woman relies on him for a credit card? Isn't she allowed to get one for herself?

Sure she's been emancipated (excepting the fact it has "man" in it). Which raises another question... does the "man" in emancipated somehow imply freedom only once you had a guy in you?

[crashe]

yeah she has her's
and he has his.......

But being the gentleman that he is.... he is giving her another one of his...
as he has 2 of them.......

[JKWNZ]

You can get a Superpass which for $69 which gives entry to Skycity, Kelly Tarltons, trip to Rangitoto and Rainbows End.

http://www.kellytarltons.co.nz/aquar...Superpass.aspx

Rangitotos worth the visit but Rainbows End you can pass on if your ever been to an overseas fun park.

I wouldn't recommend food at the viaduct as its normally pricey and pretty average (gotta pay for their expensive leases somehow) unless of course if you want to pay for atmosphere. Plenty of better places (cafes) with a bit of atmsophere i.e. Parnell Rd, Mt Eden

And as for driving in AKL be prepared to pay for parking!

Enjoy

[WINJA]

Rydges Hotel In Auck Central Is Nice , Nice Staff Too And Its 1 Minute Walk To The Sky Tower , Visit Force Which Is The Old Imax You Dont Have To Watch A Movie But They Got Cafes And A Bar And Its Interesting Architecture, Western Springs Lake Is Nice, Kelly Tarltons Is Worth A Look , Hire A Bike From Beach Road And Take A Ride Out To Piha, Catch The Ferry To Waiheke Sometimes They Got Hire 50 Cc Bikes And Gn250s To See The Island

[ManDownUnder]

yeah she has her's
and he has his.......

But being the gentleman that he is.... he is giving her another one of his...
as he has 2 of them.......

So he's buying her off? Sorry I still don't see the equality in this situation.

Why doesn't she give him one of her credit cards so he can go bike shopping? Or why does he have to buy her off at all? I mean as someone that loves a motorcyclistsurely she wants to see him happy - maybe even share in that interest and go to the shop with him?

[ManDownUnder]

The soon to be MrsLB and myself will be spending a couple of days looking around Auckland on our honeymoon, so who can reccomend/slander some motels for us, what suburb to stay in, what to do (apart from the obvious-- ) I look forward to some good advise for a couple of Blenheim yokels such as ourselves

At the risk of dragging this back on topic - what are you guys interested in or would like to have a go at?

Fishing, Wine, Skeet Shooting,

Action stuff, food stuff, etc. I'm more than happy to help where I can.

[ZeroIndex]

Why Auckland??!? Keep heaping North to the Bay of Islands, and maybe come back through Akl for a couple of days for the zoo and errrr... the traffic?

I wouldn't have picked it as honeymoon destination personally...

just this week someone told me i should visit bay of islands.. they made it sound like a nice place.. that might be a good idea to try