I'm in the lobby of the hotel awaiting my pickup in an hour to Auckland Airport for my 3.10pm flight too Singapore. I've just realised that if I don't reset my wristwatch, it will be the correct time and date for when I arrive home tomorrow (Friday) at 7.45am LHR!! I am exactly 12 hours ahead of the UK.
The Auckland Sea Life Centre was one of the best I have seen. I thought Lisbon and Boston were good but Auckland comes very high up the list. You enter through an ice tunnel into a replica of Scott's Antarctic Cabin. Cramped but full of all kinds of equipment and stores including a small hand printing press on which on a weekly basis a member of the team composed and printed a newspaper and of course a treadle operated sewing machine.
Next comes a magnificent display of Gentoo Penguins in a spacious ice and snow filled enclosure. The Gentoos were as funny as I remember then from my Antarctic adventure back in 2011.
The tour ended with a tunnel under a huge tank full of sharks and many other species of fish. I have some excellent video.
The other photo is of Auckland across the harbour.
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