Day 27

Today was a very busy day.  We started out by going to the University of Auckland to meet with a woman named Suzanne Wilkinson.  She is the head of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.  Suzanne does a lot of research in natural disaster relief so she is a great resource for me to have later on when I am putting together my thesis.  One of her PhD students gave us a tour of the campus and we were able to learn more about the university and the types of degrees that they have.

After the visiting the university we took a bus to One Tree Hill.  This is a public park that has a large hill and coincidentally, no tree on the top.  It was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful here though.  There were rolling hills and large grassy areas covered with sheep feeding and stunning views of Auckland.  I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves here.

The monument in the background is on top of One Tree Hill.  There are sheep every where!

One tree, on a hill...with sheep

View from the top of the hill.  You can see Mt. Eden to the left and the Sky Tower to the right

At night we had the privilege of watching the sun set from the Auckland Sky Tower.  What a view!  You could see the entire city from up there and getting to watch the sun set over Auckland was definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Sky Tower