Anna's Auckland and Beyond: January 2016

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Pt Chevalier Beach

This is a lovely long safe beach with some shade and seats where we went for a swim and picnic lunch during the week.

Sentinel Rd Beach in Herne Bay

This was our first and hopefully not our last visit to the small beach at the bottom of Sentinel Rd. The first photo was taken half way down the steps leading to it. Coming up them afterwards is worse! It was lovely sitting under the shade of those trees gazing out across the harbour to the Harbour Bridge.

Had a swim before a picnic lunch of Turkish pide bread stuffed with ham and salad followed by plums. By this time the beach had filled up with the afternoon bathers so I had one more quick dip before our arduous trip home by foot up Sentinel Rd, down Ardmore Rd to lower Islington St to Scott St and in through the back gate to home sweet home.

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Summer in the City

Means icecream and not just any old icecream. Giapo's in Queen St falls into the gourmet category or as he puts it, haute ice cream.

Yesterday was the day for it too and we both chose strawberries and cream for a quintessential summery experience.

It was strawberry sorbet swirled with vanilla icecream covered in flaked almonds, dusted with icing sugar and decorated with a slice of strawberry. It tasted just as good as it sounds.

Saturday, January 09, 2016

Devonport

We went to Devonport with a few friends yesterday seeing the gym is in abeyance until the 18th of January. There were two big cruise ships in town as well so the ferry to Devonport was packed with holidaymakers, tourists and locals.

Went to the Stone Oven for lunch, always a spinach and mushroom pie for me, then a visit to the lovely new library and a walk along King Edward Parade as far as Art by the Sea gallery which was unfortunately closed. It was full tide so I enjoyed a refreshing paddle instead.