Climb up Mount Victoria

We woke up and while, Arran waited for the last two bags from the airline, the rest of us walked to the village to check the internet and listen to storytime at the Devonport Library. There were lots of children at the storytime and Lydia who read us the books told us her books had just been published and she had received a special grant to study and write for three months in the US. We shopped and walked around before going back to our cottage. Later that afternoon, Arran, Bri, Max, Alex and I climbed Mt. Victoria – an old volcano that was later a fort in the middle of Devenport. We took a short cut up the side of the volcanoe and when we got to the top we could see views of the ocean, hills, village, Auckland, and bay all around us!! Devenport was below us and we could see the ferries and boats crossing the bay. There is a tall building called the Sky Tower in Auckland and we could clearly see it. It is supposed to be the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere. Alex, Max and Arran played on the green grass at the top of the mountain and I took pictures of the beautiful views and bright blue waters. Later, we met Chris in the village and all walked back home.