Rangitoto Island...

Hi Everyone,
Dinner last night was lovely. We went down to Viaduct Harbour and had dinner at an Italian restaurant called Portofino's. I had chicken and mushroom pasta and rob had a vege pasta. At one point a huge cockroach flew straight in front of my head and landed on the wall. We had to get a staff member to remove it from the restaurant! Arg! Was sooooo ewwwweeeeeee!
Today we got up early and came into Auckland CBD and got a ferry to Rangitoto Island. Rangitoto Island is about 600 years old and came into fruition when it erupted out of the sea just off the coast of Auckland, the volcano that erupted is reported to have turned the sky yellow in China.
The Island is now a natural park (although unlike all other DOC parks people still live on Batches on the Island - they are being phased out), the Island is mostly uninhabited.
The Island has never been developed so you literally walk through fields of just piles of black lava rock. The island also has the largest forest of pohutukawa trees in the world. The island is mostly inhabited by insects and bugs mainly due to the lack of water on the island, all the trees rely on rainwater for moisture.
We walked up to the summit which has a boardwalk at the top, the view was AMAZING. You could look out over the sea and the city. After that we came back down and went via the Kidney fern track to see some kidney ferns (weirdly enough! lol). The island was really weird but very interesting!
We headed back on the 3.30pm ferry and are now going to head back to Frank and Marg's for dinner!
I really can't believe tomorrow is our last full day in New Zealand!!! Not looking forward to the 12 and a half hour journey to America on sunday! Boo Hiss Boo! Arg! Soooooo not fun!
I hope everyone is good!!!
Lots of Love,
Sarah xxx