By the numbers
16 kg bag
9.99 kms
12,681 steps
I was up earlyish as I wanted to get some things done before my flight that left around lunch time. The weather was a bit iffy as it looked like it was going to rain, but the sun kept coming out so you could never tell what was going to happen. I went to a local hospital to visit with a family member before I was due to leave for the Whangarei airport. I thought that by arriving within an hour of bag drop finishing, then all would be good. It seems I still had around a 10 min wait until.
I hooked myself up with my Ipod as I was ready to listen to music on the plane and then I was ready for the flight. The I was able to watch the people get off the plane and the bags get loaded onto the plane, which was pretty cool to watch, but I knew my bag was there. We did board a couple of minutes early and it wasn’t actually a full flight. Considering there were 13 rows, it was actually a small plane. I soon found that my ipod was flat, which could be due to me leaving it on charge so it would somehow discharged still being connected to the charger over the last couple of days. The flight with everyone on it left early, which I was happy with. After a short flight we landed into Auckland and that was when I would take the last leg of my journey.
There was only one ground crew guy doing everything from stopping the props, moving the stairs and unloading. It would explain the 15 min wait for the bag to appear, but I wasn’t in any hurry since I was heading to where I would be staying the night. I walked from Domestic to International and was happy that I had a jumper in my bag as it was feeling a little cool with the wind blowing around the airport. Once I entered the international terminal, I was looking at the flights that were leaving and found there were several that afternoon leaving for the Gold Coast. I could have left like that, but I had left it for Monday. The airport was a touch busy and I made my way out of the building to get to the hotel. I had an issue with my booking as I had somehow put my surname as my given name. It was an easy problem to fix, but if that was a flight then the issue would have been a bigger problem. I had been told off for doing that once before, but allowed on the flight.
Once I was in my room, I knew I had a shower as I was asked which I would prefer. My shower was later not then. I put my flat ipod on charge and decided to check into my flight for the next morning or else I could forget to do so. Once that was sorted out I hung around letting my ipod to charge before deciding I could go for a wander outside of the airport. I got stuck in the far end of the carpark and had to use maps to find a pedestrian access to the outside world. The whole airport is getting an upgrade so they basically shifted all the bus services that left from the front of the terminal, so now you have to walk. I found my way to the Warehouse outside of the airport and found a tourism training building that basically was a Jetstar and Qantas training area that includes the rafts that deploy on the doors. I wanted to walk around to Butterfly Creek to see what that was. Turns out to be some sort of adventure park that you have to pay to enter. It was trying to rain so I wanted to head back. I did find a putput golf course on the other side of the park. Once back at the airport I was trying to figure out where to catch the express bus services, but only seen some of the local bus services. I do know where to catch the Supershuttle to my accommodation in the city, so there is that. It had cooled down and I followed everyone into the international terminal to find it had gotten pretty busy. The good thing is I am at the airport as I have to get an early flight so I am organised, which is pretty good.
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