Whatipu

Monday! Noooo, another dull day at work luminoling away...

So I wake up and look out the window to witness a veritable tropical rainstorm! The first thought in my head was "it figures", cos you see I just bought a bike...

So I gave up on that idea and headed over to the train station, getting literally blown away in the process. So in a weird twist of fate, because I originally planned on cycling a lost my usual train and ended up settling for the next one only a few minutes later. However at that point the electricity went out... in the whole of Auckland! Traffic lights stopped working, trains stopped running and a quick check confirmed that I had the day off! Sweet!

So I headed back to halls and ran into some mates and spontaneously planned a quick visit to whatipu, to the west of auckland, at the point where the Tasman sea meets the Manukau harbour (check a map!) and what an awesome alternative to work!

We explored some of the nearby natural caves and wandered over to the black sand beach where we actually caught a sight of some Orcas! (couldnt get a decent picture of them tho, so youll have to take my word for it).




We also hiked up to the summit of one of the nearby mountains near the coast, which was great fun, tho the wind was so strong that by the time we reached the summit we pretty much wouldnt stand up for fear of getting blown over the precipice!!


So pretty awesome, all I can say is roll on the power shortages!!