New Zealand



View of Auckland City

We've just been off for a weekend in Auckland, New Zealand. We flew out on Friday morning and got back this evening.

We did a pretty jet-set tour of the city, taking in the museum, Devonport and Kelly Tarlton's Antartic Adventure (for the penguins!).

But best of all, in true Kiwi spirit, I jumped off the Sky Tower.



Before I jump



Hanging off the tower

It was all very low key - we were having dinner in the revolving restaurant that night and so I went in evening wear and just changed my skirt for shorts, my pointed shoes for the standard jumper's shoes and donned the blue suit. No complex instructions, just up the tower, attached to a carabiner, lean over and let go.

I've done a parachute jump before (but not a bungy) and this was much better: more scary at the top (we were ordered out army style for the parachute jump; it would have been scarier to stay) and a nice speed coming down.

As the jump wasn't busy I got to go AGAIN! I was told to jump off this time rather than just letting go. It seems that the mind was willing but the legs slightly less so. Still Sean's got some good video footage and I seem to go out a bit further the next time so maybe I'm not so big a wimp as I thought.