Auckland Central's Waterfront Views

Here we are facing south away from the CBD and this is a walking and cycling lane. The road is on the right. 

The person in the cart here is disabled and powers it himself. 

Beyond this is the Mission Bay Beach. Across the road is a whole lot of shops, mostly restaurants, cafes and specialty food places. 

You have to be extremely wealthy to live here, the homes are extremely expensive. 

Here is a broad walk and you can walk on a foot path and cycleway all the way to Auckland CBD from here. 

All of Auckland's Waterfront homes here are expensive. 

Rangitoto Island is a volcano. It blew up 500 years and at any time it could blow up again. Most likely in 500 years. However, it is more likely it has a lahsar and another volcanic eruption would blow up near this Island in the sea.

This could happen at any time even now. There has been some minor earthquakes in this area.

Hopefully if this happens we would all have warning and we would have to pack our essentials and leave as soon as possible. 

Probably highly unlikely at the moment but one should always be prepared in case.

There is a building here on the right, used for social functions. My eldest sister, Janet had her wedding reception here. 

The bridge in the distance is part of a railway track. Orakei is the water on the other side and Orakei is the hollow of a volcano. 

This Bay is nearest to Auckland's CBD and also a heliport is near here. People buy tickets to go on helicopter rides here. 

Here over the years, to use this Tamaki Yacht club premises for social occasions is increasing in price as the real estate prices of this land has greatly escalated.

My two great Aunts lived up the hill from this bay and used to regularly visit this beach. Today their old house has been taken down and town houses are built on it.

One of our earliest churches. Perhaps some of my ancestors came here if they didn't go to St Mary's Cathedral in Parnell near by? 

Its next to the sea.