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Clubflat in Australia & New Zealand 2009

 


 

All fell in love with New Zealand instantly, including The Hypnotist who actually liked it better than Oz!  Being slightly bigger than the UK but with only 4 million people, 2 million of those in Auckland alone, it really does have an amazing feel to the place.  On the weekend, the city of Auckland has a calm feeling about it.  During the working week, it still has about as much traffic as a small town in England.  You can drive through the city centre of Auckland in less than 5 minutes, there really isn't much to it.  But what it does have is just beautiful.  Everything is in easy walking distance including the harbour where all the bars are.  What you get for your money in the hotels is fantastic. We had two of the top rooms money could buy in a posh Hyatt.  It came complete with a modern open plan kitchen and lounge, dual 'his and hers' sinks in a bathroom which had two separate entrances to it from the lounge and the bedroom, a super king size bed, TV's in each room of the suite and a balcony that stretched across the lounge and bedroom.  All this for the price you'd get a budget cramped 3 star hotel room in London.  Bonus!  Like the Ozzies, the New Zealanders are fairly laid back.  This was evident by the way we managed to blag free car parking at the hotel every day and also by the fact that then when we checked out of the hotel, we only had to pay for about half the drinks we'd actually downed in the Hyatt bar!  New Zealanders are also amazingly friendly.  It's spooky when you talk to the Maori New Zealanders expecting them to have some kind of foreign accent like you would coloured people in the UK, only to hear them all talking in Kiwi accents!  The English, European and Maori cultures in New Zealand all seem to live in harmony and for this it gets the big thumbs up!

 

Most dippy idiot in the world was afraid to take an order for a breakfast

without beans. The reason - "The chief will get angry". Muppet

And here is the cranky chief himself!

 

Clubflat chips were available in all good airport bars

A leaving present as we flew from Australia to New Zealand

The amazing double-deck Airbus 380 - the largest plane in the world...

...And here is it's rival, the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet

Touchdown in NZ and already a Maori is Clubflatted!

 

Freddy Kruger's daughter was in the airport

(Roll mouse over pic)

The Hyatt hotel apartment suite was pretty fab

Perfect size for a good nights sleep

Even Hero would be satisfied with a mirror that big

"Room service, I need some more paper to the shitter ASAP!"

Great view of Auckland harbour from the balcony

Lucy would often wait here to help people with their bags

Hotel bar was a regular feature in Clubflat's day

Relaxing view from the bar and not a car in sight in this "busy" city

Cheers for all those "free" drinks you forgot to add up!

Cheers for all those "free" drinks you brought to our table every evening!

Beautiful Auckland mixes greenery in with the city skyscrapers

This is about as busy as Auckland city traffic gets

Buildings in NZ aren't very old but designed to traditional architectures

Sinbad had moored up for the day

Church has a real touch of American influence

No matter where in the world, Clubflat spreads the message of 'No Litter'

A busy night out in Auckland

Hero was a source of heat for the whole bar

The Hypnotist's taxi trump was funny until he saw the size of the driver

Big Joey the Maori taxi driver rocks the car as he turns round

Wonder if this Maori is called Mary?

You're meant to pour it, not cuddle it love

Clubflat had made it to 'the big screen'

Down by the harbour... there's a Clubflat card in this pic somewhere

The Auckland Sky Tower was pretty high

Not exactly Jonah Lomu

A big red hard shaft

The Hypnotist was keen to lose at table football

Dutch blokes Jaco and Adrian take up the challenge

The Hypnotist takes Adrian on at pool... England Vs Holland

 

Hero plays Jaco. Having worked for years in Holland's coffee shops,

Jaco whooped Hero with the amazing tricks he had learnt

The challenge was laid out... Come visit Hero's battlefield and

see how well you fare on his real fast table football

New Zealanders Billy and Raymond demonstrate a Maori war dance

 

Even Auckland has an Indian taxi driver (vhere to meyte)

The picturesque Auckland skyline by night

The Hypnotist's spell on Hero had gone a little wrong here

View from the hotel balcony was as good at night as in the day