Aucklanded

We left Perth at 23:15 on boxing day and had a 4 hour flight to Brisbane of which we slept the whole way.  We arrived in Brisbane at 05:45 local time, transferred ourselves to Brisbane International Airport, got through security and then took another flight at 08:45 to Auckland.  Finally we were in Auckland and in our hotel at 17:00 local time (we gained 4 hours on route...)  Andrea and Darren sadly couldn't pick us up as they had limited time and needed to see some friends all the way down the North Island in Wellington.  So after we got the shuttle bus to Poenamo Hotel in North Auckland we were finally able to chill out.  And chill out we did.  The hotel is very nice and we're here for two nights.  It's like a converted motel with 3 different restaurants and 2 bars.  The room isn't even that expensive really compared to Oz.  The beers aren't too expensive either.  So we chilled out by the pool on the bean bags, eating bar food, listening to the live acoustic music and nearly fell asleep.  Tomorrow we're meeting up with A+D and hopefully seeing a bit of Auckland in the morning.  On Tuesday we set off for our NYE experience in the Bay of Islands...