{"id":11850,"date":"2012-11-20T10:47:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T10:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11850"},"modified":"2012-11-16T17:35:55","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T17:35:55","slug":"trees-gardens-and-jetlag-new-zealand-day-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/11\/trees-gardens-and-jetlag-new-zealand-day-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Trees, Gardens and Jetlag – New Zealand Day 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, the day had finally come, our last day in New Zealand – Boo!<\/p>\n

It was an early start with breakfast in the camper. Well actually it was a double breakfast for me as I had one before the others got up and then another one once they were awake. We then took the camper around to the dump station and emptied our grey water and started preparing to leave. I returned a book I’d borrowed from the campsite owner and had a nice chat with her about trees, gardening and the differences between the UK and New Zealand and then it was off towards Auckland and the start of our journey home.<\/p>\n

We had a little bit of ‘juggling’ to do in Auckland with suitcases, hotels and camper vans which we were going to do first and had then planned to visit the Auckland Botanic Gardens, but we were passing the gardens on the way into Auckland so stopped there first instead. The botanic gardens are lovely, entry is free and they have a wide range of different walks all beautifully planted with different themes. There are native endangered plants, cacti and succulents, a herb garden, an African garden, a kids garden, plants that grow well in Auckland and much much more. Even if you aren’t into plants or gardening then it’s all in a lovely parkland setting that is an ideal place to sit, relax and enjoy some green, vibrant scenery.<\/p>\n

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