Saturday 20th Feb

We arrived in Sydney on time having had a very comfortable flight from Singapore – Liz said she did not sleep but the picture tells a different story. We went through the transfer gate where Ben was ‘chosen’ for a random check to see if he or his hand luggage had been in contact with explosives – they had to check his camera bag twice as the first time it gave a positive reading!! We had an uneventful flight to Auckland and landed to be greeted with lovely sunny weather and 24°C. We are staying in an apartment block in the city centre and have been upgraded to a very comfortable 2 bedroom flat on the 10th floor. We will explore Auckland and report back in due course.