NZ trip: cycling Waiheke Island

We catch the ferry from Devonport to Waiheke Island, taking our bikes and a packed lunch with us.

Like the rest of New Zezland, Waiheke Island is quite hilly, but not particularly large, so we cycled from west to east end in a few hours. Their are some pretty cool views along the way (including Palm Beach and Onetangi Bay).

Eventually we make it to Stony Batter on the east coast. In the Second World War several large guns were placed on the eastern edge of Waiheke Island, making Stony Batter. We did a short self-guided tour through some of the tunnels, before making our way back to the west coast, missing the desired return ferry by about 3 minutes. So we consoled ourselves with some hot chips before catching the later ferry.

Also a photo of Jess (Jo's daughter).

Photos are here.