GBS Road Trip New Zealand - 25 | Day 10 : Auckland - Part 2

Dari Auckland War Memorial Museum kami bergerak ke Mt Eden.

Semalam dah try nak ke sana tapi Bettina tu ting tong tak bagi jalan yang betul. Kali ni kami cuba lagi. Siang siang ni boleh nampak la sikit jalan naik ke atas nanti.

Dan nasib kami kali ni baik. Sampai di kaki bukit kawasan Mt Eden tu terus kami nampak laluan ke atas. Drive naik bukit sampai ke tempat parking dan park kereta sebelum menapak naik sampai ke puncaknya.

Mt Eden

Terpongeh jugak la nak naik sampai ke atas

Puncak Mt Eden dan lookout point

Mount Eden is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand whose name honours George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Central Business District (CBD). Mt Eden Road winds its way around the side of Mount Eden Domain and continues to weave back and forth as it descends into the valley; it runs south from Eden Terrace to Three Kings. Mt Eden village centre is located roughly between Valley Road and Grange Road. The domain is accessible on foot from many of the surrounding streets, and by vehicle from Mt Eden Road. The central focus of the suburb is Maungawhau / Mount Eden, a dormant volcano whose summit is the highest natural point on the Auckland isthmus.

It’s a must to check out the fantastic 360-degree views from Mount Eden, Auckland’s highest natural point.

Masa kat atas ni kami terserempak dengan geng geng Melayu. Tengah ambik gambor sakan. Tapi tak tegur pun sebab jauh.

Just lepak lepak pusing kawasan Mt Eden ni sambil menikmati panorama sekitar bandaraya Auckland.

Bandaraya Auckland kelihatan dari atas Mt Eden

Puncak tertinggi Mt Eden

Ada petanda jarak Mt Eden dengan bandaraya bandaraya besar dunia. Malangnya Kuala Lumpur tak de dalam list !

View Mt Eden

Auckland City

Di bahagian atas

Kawah gunung berapi di bawah. Jangan cuba cuba turun. Kang pengsan nak naik semula

Makcik ni steady je trekking ke Mt Eden.

Boleh tahan jugak la siksa jiwa raga naik turun Mt Eden ni. Tapi kalau berkesempatan ke Auckland, Mt Eden ni kiranya destinasi wajib tiba.

Maybe boleh layan sunset jugak dari sini.

Dan di bahagian bawah ada banyak cafe cafe dan restaurants bagi yang ingin menikmati hidangan dan makanan.

Ambik kereta dan kami terus turun untuk bergerak ke destinasi seterusnya.

Jalan jalan jumpa kedai menarik. Singgah? Aci? No lah.. tak de masa !

Brian McKnight bakal datang ke Auckland buat persembahan.

Since dah datang,. apa kata hiburkan peminat peminat di blog ni dulu...

Dipersilakan....................... ( nyanyi dulu. Nanti aku upah kemudian)

It's undeniable... that we should be together...

It's unbelievable how I used to say that I'd fall never

The basis is need to know, if you don't know just how I feel,

Then let me show you now that I'm for real...

If all things in time, time will reveal...

Yeah...

One... you're like a dream come true...

Two... just wanna be with you...

Three... girl, it's plain to see that you're the only one for me...

And four... repeat steps one through three...

Five... make you fall in love with me...

If ever I believe my work is done

Then I'll start back at one

(yeah)

So incredible the way things work themselves out...

And all emotional, once you know what it's all about, babe...

And undesirable for us to be apart...

Never would've made it very far...

'Cause you know you've got the keys to my heart

'Cause...

One... you're like a dream come true

Two... just wanna be with you

Three... girl, it's plain to see that you're the only one for me

And four... repeat steps one through three

Five... make you fall in love with me

If ever I believe my work is done

Then I'll start back at one.

Say farewell to the dark of night

I see the coming of the sun...

I feel like a little child

Whose life has just begun.

You came and breathed new life

Into this lonely heart of mine.

You threw out the life line

Just in the nick of time.

One... you're like a dream come true

Two... just wanna be with you

Three... girl, it's plain to see that you're the only one for me

And four... repeat steps one through three

Five... make you fall in love with me

If ever I believe my work is done

Then I'll start back at one.

Lepas tu kami bergerak ke CBD.  Lalu seround pusing pusing Farnell Village.

Farnell Village ni kiranya macam suburbs Auckland yang ada banyak cafes dan restaurants. Tempat santai dan lepak lepak. Juga berdekatan dengan area of Newmarket, a suburb boasting a reputation as the fashion and trend capital of New Zealand.

Lalu je lah. Tak berhenti mana mana pun. Nampak macam tempat mewah jer.

Farnell Village

Cafe

Bangunan bangunan di laluan utama

Seterusnya kami masuk ke area CBD semula.

St Andrews First Presbyterian Church Auckland

Bangunan bangunan di Auckland

Sky Tower

Eh... kenapa bercumbu di khalayak ramai ni?

Sebenarnya memula nak pegi University of Auckland, tapi Bettina tu dengki kuasa dua. Ntah mana mana jalan dia bawa. Sudahnya kami berpusing pusing tengah CBD jer.

Layan gambar bangunan sekitar Auckland.

The CBD of Auckland has been the leading centre of New Zealand's business and economic development for nearly two centuries. The area of today's CBD was the site of the original European settlement of Auckland, oriented along the coastline and then Queen Street, in a southward direction. From those origins, it has grown progressively, and become much more densely built-up, now being an area of high-rise buildings mainly used for commercial and retail uses. It has the highest concentration of arts, culture and higher education institutions and venues in the country.

The Auckland CBD (meaning the Central Business District, sometimes referred to as Central City or Downtown) is the geographical and economic heart of the Auckland metropolitan area. The area is made up of the city's largest concentration of skyscrapers and businesses, which form an iconic skyline.

The CBD is one of the most densely developed places in New Zealand, with many commercial and some residential developments packed into a space of only 433 hectares (1,070 acres). Bounded by several major motorways and by the harbour coastline in the north, it is surrounded further out by mostly suburban areas

Misi kami seterusnya adalah nak makan ! Dah riki riki kawasan dan jumpa tempat makan di area Queens Street. 

Parking di sini.

Park kereta dan menapak di area Queens Street. 

Nampak polis dan kami tanya kat mana International Food Court di Auckland ni.

Dia tunjuk. Nasib tak jauh mana

Ada banyak kedai kedai. Tempat makan terletak di belah basement. Kena turun tangga.

Kat bawah tu ada banyak kedai kedai makan. Tapi ada 2 je yang Halal. Satu Turkish dan satu lagi Indian.

Kami usha usha dan buat pilihan makanan. Makan kat kedai Turki tu. Mamat tu pandai cakap Melayu.

Kedai Turki

Kedai Indian

Makanan tak de la sedap mana. Tapi banyak portion. Harga pun boleh tahan. Makan tak abis. 

Masa tengah makan tu terserempak dengan sorang mamat Melayu ni. Dok la borak borak dengan dia sebab semeja. Dia keje di Auckland. Ada la cerita dia share dengan kami, tapi mamat ni macam blur blur sotong jer. Bila kami tanya semua tak tau. Macam langsung tak ambik tau.

"Tau tak kedai souvenir kat area ni?"

"Tak tau lah... Tak pernah beli"

Macam tu la jawapan dia yang sangat tak membantu. Rasanya dia memang migrate dan nak lari dari jumpa orang Melayu.

Abis makan kami jalan jalan area Queens Street semula. Usha usha lebih kurang je. Tak de apa yang menarik dan tak de apa yang nak di cari.

Pusing ambik ambik gambar jer.

Jumpa few kedai souvenirs tapi semuanya macam mahal mahal jer. Lagipun kami dah shopping banyak kat kedai makcik 2 dollar kat Devonport pagi tadi.

Then kami balik ke parking untuk ambik kereta. Parking tak sampai sejam tapi bayarannya lumayan !!

NZD 15 ..................... ! Memang mahal lah parking kat tengah tengah bandar ni. 

Kat tempat parking tu ada orang main benda alah ni.

Menarik gak. Macam nak try tapi dah bayar parking.

Melintasi Sky Tower ni dulu. 

Tapi tak sempat nak berhenti usha.

Tengok dari jauh je lah.

The Sky Tower is an observation and telecommunications tower located at the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets in the Auckland CBD, Auckland, New Zealand. It is 328 metres (1,076 ft) tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the tallest man-made structure in the Southern Hemisphere and the 25th tallest tower in the world. It has become an iconic landmark in Auckland's skyline due to its height and unique design.

The tower is part of the SKYCITY Auckland casino complex, originally built in 1994–1997 for Harrah's Entertainment.[3] Several upper levels are accessible to the public, attracting an average of 1,150 visitors per day (over 415,000 per year).

Bayaran masuk sebanyak NZD 29 for adult.

Untuk maklumat lanjut, sila rujuk : Sky City Auckland, NZ

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