rainforest express

today’s we’ve been over to the waitakere ranges for a picnic and a trip on the rainforest express, which is a little train which goes along the maintenance rails to auckland’s highest drinking water reservoir

we started off the day with a trip to the shops to get kezia a bag for her birthday

then we had a look around the waitakere visitor’s centre and enjoyed this gecko being confused about where he’d left his lunch

this is a long horn beetle.  (i know you’re interested in such things)

then we shoe horned ourselves in to the little trains and were whizzed trundled through various tunnels

we saw a cave weta

and eventually we got to the dam

as it was a special occasion (it’s a public holiday in auckland today) we got to go actually inside the dam

we walked up some very steep steps from the bottom to the top of the dam

and all was good.

jane’s back to school tomorrow so the girls are at home with granny and party.  i’m back at work tomorrow too.  such a shame !