Arrived here fairly early this morning - weather is overcast and there were a couple of showers. However, our good luck with the weather continued once we went ashore - it stayed cloudy but didn't rain on us at all.
Again, we didn't do any specific touring around here - we've been to Auckland twice before and have seen the things we really wanted to see. We went for a walk to some markets where I got a lovely jumper half price because the shop is closing down. Also got another tshirt for Adam - we've bought him three which just about doubles his tshirt supplies!
Came back on board to discover that the average age on board has plummetted. About 300 people got off the ship here, and the vast majority of them had done most or all of the cruise and were definitely way over retirement age. Another 300-odd passengers have joined the ship though, and most of them are much younger. I presume that some of them are just doing the 2 days to Sydney and some are continuing on the Dawn's next cruise - 28 days around Australia. Regardless, it's amazing the number of people our age and younger that we're now seeing on board.
We have now sailed out of Auckland and we're on the final trip back to Sydney. We've had an excellent time, and I'm really sad it's coming to an end.
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