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Surrounded by lush green trees and less than 15 mins away from the office blocks, Grafton Valley is one of Auckland’s best-kept secrets. Tucked right in the heart of Auckland CBD and nestled within Symonds Street Cemetery , one of the oldest cemeteries in Auckland, most people rush past it every day, on the southern motorway or bus across Grafton Bridge, unaware of the peaceful escape beneath them. Grafton Valley Walkway The valley can be accessed from Symonds St by the motorway ramp or from. St. Martins Lane . It is easy to reach by public transport, with plenty of buses running from Waitematā (formerly Britomart ) and Newmarket , as the area is part of Auckland Transport’s Central Connector . If you enter through the Symonds Street entrance by the motorway ramp, you will come across the grave of William Hobson , the first Governor of New Zealand . From there, the walk continues gently through the cemetery and surrounding trees, where calm is occasionally broken by the distant hum o...

Last night while walking back home I saw homeless man lying in the middle of the footpath. I stopped for 5 mins, thinking should I call the police or wait for the passing police car and than approach them, while I was waiting for the police car many people pass through him but nobody cared to call the police or the paramedics. After five mins wait, the man didn't moved a bit, I decided to call 111, and informed the police about the man lying in the middle of the footpath and gave description of the man, and dispatcher said to me, police are on their way.  After 10 mins, I saw a small bottle of whisky lying just few meters away from him. Than I saw him moving, I approached him but I couldn't understand a single word he was trying to speak, I called 111 again to keep them up to date, as I was speaking to 111 I told them He is very drank, they immediately dispatched an Ambulance, paramedics arrived while I was still talking on phone. And after few mins po...

Owning a car is matter of necessity and convenience. But convenience comes at a price. Even though the parking is free, it's only for limited time. So even if we want to spend more time talking or playing social games in a coffee shop or restaurant with friends, we can't extend the time limit unless we are willing to order more.  Last night after evening church service, some of us decided to go to Denny's for extended fellowship. As some of us owns a car, we decided to go back cars instead of walking 3 km . We knew there is a car park at Denny's but didn't knew the fact that we are only allowed for one and half hours. The parking voucher is available with the manager of Denny's.   Just before the time limit was about to expired I went to the manager to check if we are allowed to extend the time limit, so that we could spend more time talking or playing games with friends. Even though I don't own a car, spending time with friends is a magic of the moment...

Toro Churro’s Spanish doughnuts are golden-fried fresh, you can enjoy them with a pot of delicious dipping chocolate, or drizzled with chocolate and caramel. Toro Churros are made to a traditional recipe, using only natural ingredients,  no preservatives and no additives. Come & Enjoy Churros MOBILE LOCATIONS: Thursdays 10 am – 5 pm at the University of Auckland’s student quadrant Sundays 6 pm - 10 pm Glenfield Westfield Night Market Saturdays 6 am – 12 pm at the Otara Market Saturdays 6 pm - 12 am Pakuranga Westfield Night Market Sundays 7 am – 12 pm at the Takapuna Market Website:  http://www.torochurro.co.nz/

28 th February 2012 10:30PM Tonight my friend Calvin and Reshmi and I were on our way to Hulucat Teahouse when we witnessed an act of robbery. We were walking along St. Paul Street. I was just talking to Reshmi about how dangerous  St. Paul Street is during the night time. I told her about the events happened on that street. The next moment we heard some screaming for HELP! I turned back and started walking to check what was going on, and then suddenly a girl who was running away with a bag bumped into my friend Calvin. The bag fell onto the footpath. Another girl who was the victim came running behind her she picked up her bag. I grabbed robber's jacket with one hand and with other hand I got my cellphone to call the cops. In meantime we were joined by other people who also heard the scream. The thief took her Jacket off that I was holding and tried to run away. We saw a car passing by, people inside the car opened the passenger door for her.  B...

Aucklanders braved the miserable weather and watch cloudy display of over 700 kilos of Fireworks which set off from Auckland's Sky Tower at midnight The cloudy weather made the fireworks display look like plane exploded on the Sky Tower  

Trying my hands on mobile blogging, really didn't like it much as don't have much control over the size of the image, by default the size adjusted to large, invading the side bar of the blog and also we can't even select the font on blogging application of smart phones This photos were taken during my night walk on the streets on Auckland on Wednesday,  the last week of the year 2011. Scary Looking St. James Theatre Christmas Decoration @ Durham St. East Māori  gate at  Aoteo Square Night Daily cleaning of streets by Green Machines of Auckland Council There were unusually low number of people on streets on Wednesday the last week of the year 2011

St. James Theatre Closed Since 2005 due to fire safely issue :( Now its looks like the scary prison of Auckland Auckland Central Library Auckland Central Library provides Free Internet