A day in Auckland

We landed in Auckland in the morning and weren't leaving for Dunedin till 3.30 in the afternoon so had to fill in the day somehow.  We had heard about this butterfuly creek place which was like a mini zoo and it had a free shuttle so thought we would use the opportunity to check out some more nature.

As we turned up we got a little distracted by the awesome looking rope course that was next to the mini zoo.  After having a korero (discussion) we decided to split up as some of the group wanted to go climbing and some wanted to go to the mini zoo. 

It was a pleasant day and energy levels were low after a very brief 4 hour over night sleep on the plane, but somehow energy was found to either stroll around the park or be little monkeys swinging around on ropes.

For those that strolled around Butterfly Creek they saw: crocodiles, farm animals like goats, plastic cows, tarantulas, birds, a small aquarium with very tasty looking fish, monkeys, oh and of course butterflies!  There was also a dinosaur part where you walked around life-sized dinosaurs.   That was interesting and some of the dinosaurs also moved. 

For those that went climbing they had a good couple of hours playing around on the crocodile ropes course which was on two levels.  Once they completed the training level which was just off the ground they graduate to the first level.  Once that circuit was completed you then go even higher for the last level of the course.