Te Araroa Day 20, Brown's Bay to Devonport and Central Auckland

Starting km: 576
Finishing km: 595
km covered today: 19

The next day's walk was also delayed 'til the afternoon, but this time simply because I was a bit lazy and slow in getting started.

The walk from Brown's Bay to Devonport was really lovely, passing through lots of little seaside city parks and small beaches, all busy with families out enjoying a beautfiul sunny Sunday afternoon.

In between the parks were bunches of seaside houses which, given how nice they looked and how great their location was were probably worth a small fortune (actually, Auckland house prices being what they are, they probably cost a LARGE fortune.)

Sarah joined me for the last 10km or so of the walk, along Takapuna beach and through Devonport's charming old residential neighbourhoods.  We finished off with a stroll around the old WWII fortifications on North Head.

I'm not super-keen on the idea of living in Auckland, but if I did, I reckon Devonport would be a cool place to live.  Really beautiful old houses, a nice quiet residential area, but a quick 16 minute ferry ride that takes you straight into the heart of the city, with no traffic to worry about.

Despite having spent a couple of days there already, I'd finally arrived in central Auckland!