Cross country run
The Auckland coast-to-coast walk takes 10 miles to get from one coast of New Zealand to the other. I can run that far, so I did on Monday.
Start: the Pacific
Quayside, Auckland CBD, University of Auckland
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- Dipping the foot into the waters of the Pacific Ocean at the Viaduct
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- Passing boats (this one is from Billings Montana – ??)
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- Quay street
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- Turning south onto Queen St.
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- Albert Park across from U of A
Volcanoes
The Auckland Domain, Mt. Eden and One Tree Hill are the three most noticeable.
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- The Auckland Domain lawn bowling club, at the foot of the domain
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- Up the paths of the Auckland Domain.
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- Macdonald’s meat pie billboard
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- Crossing highway 1
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- Auckland Grammar School
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- Stile on the way up Mt. Eden
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- View across Mt Eden’s crater
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- Steps down
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- The path runs across the Epsom campus of the U of A
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- …where Kathy is ready with water!
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- Across sports fields
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- Western entrance to Cornwall Park
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- Between the redwoods and the pohutukawas
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- Up to One Tree Hill
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- View from the top
End: the Tasman Sea
South to Manukau Bay at Onehunga.
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- Jellicoe park
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- Mt Mangere across the Manukau harbor (Tasman Sea).
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- Pedestrian bridge across the South-western motorway
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- Blossoming flax by the motorway
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- End of the trail – Tasman Sea at the Manukau harbor, Goodall Street Reserve.
How much I have enjoyed running in NZ! My shoes have reached the end of a long life–duct taped towards the end–and will be laid to rest here.
…with Benjamin’s finger.