As I walked to the top of Mt Eden in Auckland today, I reveled in the feeling of being in the country in the middle of the city.
It was a beautiful day and there was a bright blue sky with lots of green grass and trees.
NZ is on a fault line which means that we have a lot of volcanoes. Mt Eden is one of them. Years ago Auckland was right smack over the hotspot of the fault line which means we were right in the path of any new volcanoes forming.
As such we have around 50 inactive (extinct?) volcanoes around our beautiful city.
So as I wandered along the paths and reached the top to the most amazing view, I decided to climb each volcano in Auckland.
I came home and found a site that listed all the volcanoes in Auckland. Some are not mountains. Some are basins. But I'm going to walk around them too.
And yes, I've actually already climbed about 30-40% of them, but I'm going to start from scratch and do every one. Even if I've climbed it before.
I feel really excited about this and when I talked to the family they were keen too. Matt wants to do them ALL with me. Which kinda restricts when I can do this. But I think it'll be fun to do together.
Anyway, I wondered if anyone else is keen? You can either come along with me (and Matt) when I make my journeys, or just join in the fun in your own time.
Everytime I climb one, I'm going to tick it off my list. One ticked off today. Mt Eden. Yay!
Good luck with that, great challenge but I think I'll sit this one out LOL!!!
Posted by: Denise Spicer-Boyes | February 07, 2013 at 09:12 PM
I think this sounds great Trina... I love the exploring of the city we live in, I may just join you on a couple... I am sure I have been up a few and around a few of the basins withouteven thinking about it... love the pics you took... back to exploring your own backyard, just y'day we went to Lake Wainamu by Bethells Beach for the first time. If you have not been there, put it on your to do list with the kids... FABULOUS! spot... the sand dunes are huge and the lake and river are very cool :)
Posted by: Teryl | February 07, 2013 at 09:42 PM
what a cool idea...go you!!!
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