Tuesday Jan 31 Auckland arrival

Approach to Auckland saw many Australiasion gannets.  Also saw the cooks petrel that only breeds on 3 islands near here

It has been rainy most of the day with following seas and wind.  

Even though we were docked around 1pm. We were not allowed off the ship until 5:30 pm.   So it was a long day of waiting around the ship.  We got off around 5:30 and went for a walk for an hour or so. 

Decided to head back to the ship to get dinner.