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The journey takes just 75 minutes.\nWhat makes this island so special is that all predators have been eradicated from it – leaving the bird population to flit about worry-free.\n\nAs such you’ll see all manner of beautiful New Zealand birds – potentially including Little Penguins, some inquisitive parrots and the fantastically noisy Tuis."},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.tiritirimatangi.org.nz/"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F18.jpg?alt=media&token=f2f4a6fd-c2b9-4a32-98b4-d5950019837d"}]},{"address":"Lava Caves","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-36.79133541187625,"longitude":174.8632808},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Get Up Close and Personal With a Volcano\nAuckland is based on volcanoes, there are 48 cones dotted around the city!\n\nMost of them have cones that go up (and of these my favourite is probably the craggy lava-strewn Rangitoto that you can easily reach by ferry as a day trip from Auckland) but, as cool as Rangi is, it doesn’t really say ‘hi, I’m standing on something that used to erupt’ – that honour goes to the enormous crater at the top of Mount Eden.\nWalk to the top up a nice paved road and then behold the incredible sight at your feet. \n\nThe 360-degree views of the Auckland skyline aren’t that bad either."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F1.webp?alt=media&token=13c34aa4-2f93-4786-b12a-0dd16c1286bc"},{"type":"link","content":"http://rangitoto.co.nz/rangitoto-walks/"}]},{"address":"SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-36.846974811900274,"longitude":174.81734105},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Go See The Fishies!\nIf the Swashbucklers stingray isn’t playing ball during your visit, you’re guaranteed to see things of an aquatic nature at the SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium.\n\nThis is another Auckland icon, beloved by families for generations – I don’t think you’ll meet a native Aucklander who didn’t go here as a child (or adult in my case!).\n\nWalk through the shark tunnel, check out the rehabilitated turtles – and visit the penguins.\nIt’s a perfect thing to do on a rainy day in Auckland.\n\nAlso, check out the fantastic shark bus that picks you up from locations around town."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F9.webp?alt=media&token=fbb56809-8538-47ec-b94d-e32933f57082"},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.visitsealife.com/auckland/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=yext&utm_content=2"}]},{"address":"Dr Rudi's Rooftop Brewing Co.","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-36.84266291189841,"longitude":174.76375324999995},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Go Bowling in a Bar\nDr Rudi’s Rooftop Brewing Company is famous for a couple of things – its stunning view over Viaduct Harbour and the fact that it has a free bowling alley inside!\n\nThere are two lanes open on a first-come, first-bowling basis to anyone who wants to try them.\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F12.webp?alt=media&token=d2cfe988-69ae-44df-9015-bdd85050d30b"},{"type":"link","content":"https://drrudis.co.nz/"}]},{"address":"Fort Lane","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-36.84548721189967,"longitude":174.7672454},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Find the Five Hearts of Auckland\nI first heard about these on the Aucky Walky walking tour I took on the Saturday morning.\n\nGuide Liz showed us the heart in Fort Lane by local artist Sara Hughes – and then told us there were four more dotted around the city. Cue hunting – and yes, I found them all.\nIf you want to do your own treasure hunt, you’ll find them in Federal Street, Fort Street, Bledisloe Lane, Jellicoe Street and Lorne Street."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F13.webp?alt=media&token=e42fed0d-b94e-4f49-b4ad-e88966c19319"},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.hotcity.co.nz/"}]},{"address":"The White Lady","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-36.84594061189986,"longitude":174.76764880000002},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Try a White Lady Burger\nEating from a burger van might sound like one of my less appealing suggestions for unusual things to do in Auckland. But trust me, taking a trip to The White Lady will not be a disappointment. These burgers are good.\n\nThe White Lady has been feeding hungry Aucklander’s late-night sustenance since 1948. Yep, it was a food truck before they were a thing.\nYes, you’ll have to sit on a crate by the side of the road, and, you might get a friendly hobo come to join you – but you’ll also get a superb, freshly cooked to order burger up there with In-n-Out in our list of the world’s top burgers.\n\nThe Boyfriend was so enamoured he had two! Well considering a cheeseburger only costs NZ$11 you can afford to!\n\nThe White Lady parks on the corner of Commerce Street and Fort Street from 7pm to 4am weekdays, and you’ll find her there 24-7 from Friday night to Sunday morning."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F8.webp?alt=media&token=3fb36fff-e52e-444c-98b9-b762475dfcb9"},{"type":"link","content":"http://www.thewhitelady.co.nz/"}]},{"address":"Giapo","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-36.845796311899775,"longitude":174.76876559999997},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Try Auckland’s Most Innovative Ice Cream\nHokey Pokey might be New Zealand’s most famous flavour of ice cream, but if you want its’ most incredible, you go to Giapo.\n\nI mean come on, the man has made an add-on that makes your cone look like a squid!\nYou’ll find Giapo at 12 Gore Street close to the Britomart district of the city."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F3.webp?alt=media&token=ef284f2f-cb84-4150-bd4b-479f4bcbbff2"},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.giapo.com/"}]},{"address":"Albert Park","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-36.8505919108576,"longitude":174.76764300000005},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Search for Elves in Albert Park\nI’m not sure if there are any actual elves in Central Auckland, but, if there are, they’d hang out in Albert Park.\n\nSpecifically, they’d frequent the trail of twisted trees that you find along the end of the park closest to Kitchener/Bowen Street.\n\nIt just looks like something magical – especially as it’s also surrounded by ivy.\nWho needs to schlep to Hobbiton to feel magical – get your best Lord of the Rings outfit on and frolick to your heart’s content."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F5.webp?alt=media&token=57101744-deb9-41bc-8612-1a96984ef8d8"},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/parks-recreation/Pages/park-details.aspx?Location=169"}]},{"address":"Queen Street","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-36.850885211901996,"longitude":174.7645088},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Look Up On Queen Street\nAs main thoroughfares in a city go, Auckland’s Queen Street is probably one of the least inspiring – well, that’s what you’d think if you just looked at ground floor level anyway.\n\nSo don’t.\n\nLook up and you’ll see beautiful ornate facades, old signs and a sense of the city’s history that’s been obliterated by the bland chain shops that line the street down below.\nQueen Street also has some pretty quirky facts about it.\n\nMost of which I didn’t even know until I read this fabulous post on Queen Street from Albom Adventures.\n\nIf you’re looking for a few more unusual things to do in Auckland definitely check it out – you’ll find out about the CBD ghosts, the Leaning Building of Auckland and the grisly secret of some markings at the harbour end of the street."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F14.webp?alt=media&token=3b9251d3-7a66-4a12-9ecd-bd9403ccf6a8"},{"type":"link","content":"https://goo.gl/maps/nsmNwdMp1bykPcoP8"}]},{"address":"Sky Tower","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-36.84831786190086,"longitude":174.7623057},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Watch People Bungy Off the Sky Tower\nOh come on, they’ve paid their pennies, they’ve donned their fetching blue jumpsuit and they’ve hurled themselves off NZ’s tallest building falling 192m at 85km an hour in what’s kind of like a controlled bungy – they deserve some attention.\n\nBut you’re not going to stand on the street and ogle like all the other tourists, oh no.\n\nYou have the guide to unusual things to do in Auckland so, you’re going to make your way to the chic Glass Goose Bar and Eatery off Federal Street, get a drink in your hand and either sit on the balcony, or directly under the glass ceiling and have a ringside view of the excitement.\n\nSee, this is the view, those white wires are the bungy …. You get extra points if you wave."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F11.webp?alt=media&token=7722c3c5-30f4-4cef-8e68-7414f29486c0"},{"type":"link","content":"https://skycityauckland.co.nz/sky-tower/"}]},{"address":"Swashbucklers Restaurant & Bar","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-36.84393581189897,"longitude":174.75169505000002},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Meet the Swashbucklers Stingray\nSwashbucklers Bar in Auckland’s Westhaven Marina is a great place to come for a down-to-earth pint with a view of the water and if you’re lucky, a spectacular sunset over the Auckland Harbour Bridge.\n\nAnd they have a stingray!\nThere I was telling my friend Arian about how I wish I’d seen a ray during our Clear Kayaking session at Goat Island the day before when she said ‘oh, there’s one here, the boaties give it the fish scraps’ – sure enough, as she went to the bar to get a new round she peaked over the side and said ‘there he is.’\n\nRushing excitedly to the side of the jetty, I spotted an enormous stingray swimming around the harbour just below me – and I mean huge.\n\nSadly he didn’t photograph well, but he was there a good 20 minutes having his dinner.\n\nHe’s wild so I can’t say if you’ll see him or when, but he appeared for us around 7pm.\n\nFind Swashbucklers at 23b Westhaven Drive."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F2.webp?alt=media&token=cfd0fc7a-b981-48b2-9711-ed5810a29166"},{"type":"link","content":"http://www.swashbucklers.co.nz/"}]},{"address":"Nelson Street Cycleway (Pink Street)","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-36.85401981190334,"longitude":174.75742899999997},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Walk The Pink Path\nSo you have an old motorway off-ramp that you’re not doing anything with right now- what do you do with it?\n\nWell, if you’re Auckland Council, you paint it pink and turn it into a dedicated cycle and walking path.\nAdmittedly, it doesn’t exactly go anywhere useful – or pretty – but, it does have a nice view of the Skytower and skipping along it singing ‘Follow the Pretty Pink Path’ to the tune of Follow the Yellow Brick Road kept me entertained for a good few hundred metres.\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F10.webp?alt=media&token=0abd73bf-66ea-4ef9-8535-9f43a045bc74"},{"type":"link","content":"https://walksinauckland.com/downtown-and-pink-pathway-loop/"}]},{"address":"Karangahape Road","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":-36.85763281190493,"longitude":174.7579953},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# Check out Piggy Stardust\nAuckland doesn’t have a huge street art scene (though if you want to find some good murals visit Cross Street just off Karangahape Road) however, one trend that is huge there – and elsewhere in NZ – are paintings on utility boxes.\n\nA few artists do these, but my favourite was a guy called Paul Walsh who paints them with animals. He also gives his work really cool names like Awkward Seal, Student Kitten – and my favourite Piggy Stardust.\nI spotted loads of these around town – particularly close to K Road and in the CBD. Piggy Stardust is in Mount Eden, on the corner of View Road and Wynyard Road, so you could combine visiting him with a trip to the crater."},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2FQdRyL1Jl9DD2tdNcRfux%2F7.webp?alt=media&token=8f7e7b8b-9888-44aa-a5a5-93d3a4008072"},{"type":"link","content":"https://goo.gl/maps/CgcVfgWzL8XxwfCu8"}]}]
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