Auckland - Views from the car:
Auckland - Mt Eden :
Mt Eden est un volcan eteint dont le sommet (196 metres) est le point culminant d'Auckland. Son cratere fait 50 metres de profondeur. La derniere eruption de Mt Eden s'est produite il y a environ 60 000 d'annees....
Mt Eden is a dormant volcano whose summit (196 meters above sea level) is the highest natural point on Auckland. The crater is 50 meters deep. The volcano erupted several times resulting in a series of craters, with the last eruption about 60,000 years ago.
Views from Mt Eden:
Auckland - Ponsonby :
Un quartier d'Auckland a la mode :
A fashion area of Auckland:
Auckland - Ballade a Auckland :
Auckland - Walking in Auckland:
Auckland - Sky Tower :
The bungy jumping target...
Auckland - Ballade a Auckland - Queen Street :
Auckland - Walking in Auckland - Queen Street:
Yes, there is an M&Ms election... http://election.m-ms.com.au/
Auckland - Croisiere aux alentours du port :
Auckland - Harbour Cruise:
Notre bateau :
Our boat:
Tous les produits lies a la production de sucre devaient etre importes en Nouvelle ZĂ©lande jusqu’en 1882 ou le gouvernement a offert une recompense a la premiere entreprise qui produirait du sucre localement. Australian Colonial Sugar Refining Company a choisi cet emplacement ideal pour une raffinerie : le Waitemata offre des eaux profondes pres du rivage pour un port et il y avait de l’espace et du bois de construction pour le batiment. Le nom ‘Chelsea’ a ete choisi par le 1er dirigeant de l’usine en rappel de sa ville natale Chelsea en Angleterre.
Chelsea continue d’operer aujourd’hui, 24 heures sur 24, et reste le leader du marche en Nouvelle Zelande. Chelsea achete le sucre brut en bloc de diverses sources (Pacifique et Australie) et produit environ 200 000 tonnes de sucre par an. Environ 20% de la production totale de Chelsea est exportee, principalement vers l'Australie et le Pacifique.
Throughout most of the nineteenth century, all sugar products in New Zealand had to be imported; wishing to improve New Zealand's self-sufficiency, in 1882 the Government offered a bounty to the first company to produce sugar locally. Already interested in business prospects in New Zealand, the Australian Colonial Sugar Refining Company had investigated possible sites in New Zealand.
The site was ideal for a refinery: the Waitemata offered deep water close to shore for a port, there was plentiful fresh water from Duck Creek, which ran through the estate, and there was plenty of land and timber for building purposes.
The name "Chelsea" was bestowed on the site by the refinery's first customs officer, who named it after Chelsea in England, his hometown.
Chelsea continues to operate 24 hours a day, and remains New Zealand's market leader in sugar products. Chelsea purchases bulk raw sugar from various sources in the Pacific and Australia, which is brought in by boat and processed and packaged at the Refinery. Sales offices and warehouses around the country aid in the distribution of 200,000 tonnes of sugar a year. About 20% of Chelsea's total production is exported, mainly to Australia and the Pacific.
This is the Hilton. Can you see the bleu cube in the middle of the picture ? This is the Hilton swimming pool....
Auckland - Ballade a Auckland :
Auckland - Walking in Auckland:
Certains habitants d'Auckland travaillent au centre ville et prennent le ferry pour rentrer chez eux.
Business people waiting for their ferries to go home.
Conclusion sur les villes Australiennes et Neo Zelandaises : Vous ne serez jamais perdus, il y a un Albert Park, Queen Street, Elizabeth Street, etc dans toutes les villes....