This is not really a day trip, more like a quick trip to the park but heavens what a park. When I first walked up to the top of Mt Eden in Auckland my jaw dropped... that green, green grass and that incredible crater. I finally took the boys (and my camera) back last week - a fabulous view...
Mt Eden last erupted about 15,000 years ago. There are quite a few smaller craters dotter around the cone but this is the biggest at 50 metres deep. There are 49 volcanoes in Auckland's volcanic field and we might get another one apparently. There's a 5% chance of a new eruption in the next 50 years. I've done my research though and experts will give at least a few days warning and we'll all probably sit in traffic for three days trying to leave the city. Better that than what the poor sods in Christchurch are going through.
Wow! What a park! I would be incredibly nervous about standing right on the edge, but what a view. gxo
ReplyDeleteI have been there often through the years and love it too! I love the old olive trees and sheep grazing at the bottom of the hill as well. I have often thought of how unlucky you would have to be if the volcano decided to awaken one day.
ReplyDeleteWow, It reminds me of the Teletubbies green hills in reverse.
ReplyDeleteHow amazing! A green crater! Beautiful pics as always Ann. Rachaelxx
ReplyDeleteHow very very verdant. I'd swap my microwave for a stroll through that crater.
ReplyDeleteI took so many photos when we were there in January that I nearly filled a massive memory card - love it. (It just needs a quaint little coffee shop at the top!)
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we used to live right there in a castle on the side of mt eden, just magical x
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