Yesterday was a lovely congenial day out with three good friends and a change from Waiheke and Orewa for us. First of all we went on a different smaller ferry which leaves from behind the Devonport Ferry and there were just a few people going over at 10.10am.
A bus meets the boat and leaves quite smartly once stragglers like us have disembarked. Sue galopped on ahead to make sure he didn't leave before we got there. I think we were the only passengers. I think it is mainly a ferry and bus service for commuters and shoppers who leave their cars at the carpark there or get the bus.
There is a lovely peaceful marina there but unfortunately I was fumbling around with my iPhone and didn't react quickly enough with my photo taking. Unfortunately they are in reverse order for some reason, starting with a colourful Massey University, Albany Campus graduation procession in Takapuna which we watched before getting the bus home.
Anyway The bus we got from the ferry wound its way through Bayswater with its nice tidy streets of houses, many of them navy houses, and we made our first stop in Belmont at a delightful cafe, Little and Friday, for coffee and donuts, cinnamon ones, or the traditional jam and cream ones. They make them and other cafe food, quiches and other goodies for their two cafes at this site which is in a block of three former suburban shops. You can watch them making pies, donuts and pastries through the old shop windows.
We sat outside at a long trestle table in the Autumn sun, enjoying our coffee, missed the next bus and got the following one on to Takapuna.
Walked along the beach but didn't go for a swim, just had a paddle through the water which was refreshing enough. After that lunched back on Hurstmere Rd at one of the several cafes dotted along it before busing back over the Harbour Bridge to Victoria Park and from there on the Link to Ponsonby. All in all a lovely day.
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