We are a group of four students from Albany Senior High School. We have set up this site to help tourists visiting Auckland find worthwhile destinations to visit where they will have a good time and walk away with a good experience. Every two weeks we will visit a new destination and let the world know about our extraordinary experiences we have had in Auckland and its attractions.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

$0-$10

Auckland Museum, Auckland Domain and Victoria Park Markets


Transport:
-Catch a Maxx bus from Constellation Bus Station to Britomart Place, Auckland Central. 
- Walk down towards Queen St and catch a Link bus.
- Get off on the Parnell bus stop.
- Once you have visited the Museum and the Domain then catch the Link bus from the Parnell stop and  get off at the Victoria Park Markets stop.
- Once you have visited Victoria Park Markets catch the Link bus back to Queen St.
- Walk to Britomart Place and catch the Maxx bus to Constellation Bus Station.


Price:
Maxx bus return fare = $5.00
Link bus - $1.70 x 3 = $5.10
Auckland Museum = FREE
Auckland Domain = FREE
Park Victoria Markets = FREE
TOTAL: $10.10


Our thoughts:
From our short walk from Parnell bus stop we arrived at the Auckland Museum. There was no entry fee but there was the option to give a small coin donation. We then had to hand our bags in before we went through the Museum which could be collected on the way out. Going through the Museum there were many different expeditions to view as well as hand on interactive activities to take part in. The museum was very interesting for tourists visiting Auckland that are wanting to learn more about the culture or history but for an everyday Aucklander it isn't that exciting.
Next we went to the Auckland Domain which is a big park full of greenery would would be great for a picnic with the kids. 
After the Domain we went to the Victoria Park Markets, there were many shops/stalls with little nifty bits and bobs to buy. We discovered after 5 minutes of walking around that the stalls were repeating themselves and there wasn't that much to do or buy after all.
Victoria Park Markets




Open hours at the Museum


Auckland Museum




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