Thursday, April 11 - Devenport

Kevin hands the key to Peter, as Geoff looks on.  He's getting himself a
 good van. 

Don had the morning off so he drove us over to the town of Devenport
on the headlands across from Auckland.  We walked around the attractive
little town, then had lunch before he headed off to class.

The view of Auckland from North Head

New Zealand worried about invasion from Russia around 1895 and built
this 'disappearing' gun go protect the harbor.  Of course the Russians
never managed to get this far south, but the gun is still there.  And it's
pretty cool.

The view from below

The hill has arteries of tunnels that lead to rooms associated with the
gun batteries, and many of them are open to explore

For our last meal Downunder we invited Don to join us for lamb chops
and butternut squash on the barbie with mashed kumara (Maori sweet
potatoes)