So - awoke after another lovely sleep at Mollies. Once again, the sun is shining and the sky is blue. There is a mist over the harbour and the bridge looks like it's floating ...
Drive up to Orakei - 30 minutes from the hotel - to Kelly Tarlton's Antartic Encounter & Underwater World. Meet up with Steve Eveny - the head dive master. The centre opened in 1985 ... with the world's first underwater glass tunnel walkway. It has many species here - with penguins, sharks, rays ... and lots more! After a quick refresher, I hopped into the NZ tank for a dive about before entering the shark tank - with its 22 sharks! They weren't hungry ... but nudged me to say hello! It's a wonderful experience! A MUST on visiting Auckland! A total MUST!
Back at Mollies and we met up with Dan Kemp - wine expert and buyer for Mollies. We tasted a couple of wines ... with the 2005 Providence Matakana my absolute favourite! Around £160/US£250 a bottle - but an awesome syrah! It's my birthday soon ..... (haha)!
So - tonight it's opera night at Mollies ... so La Boheme here I come ...
Song of the Day: Kiss Me - Stephen Duffy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSv3kSK41Oo&feature=related
Weather: Beeeee-autiful
penguins are big & vicious & scary!
puffer fish are cute, small and pretty!
diving is fun!
even with sharks ...
yes ... EVEN with sharks!
dan, the wine man ...
