We decided to skip any tours around Aukland so took Air Link bus from airport to rail station Puhinui and then rail to Downtown Ferry terminal at Waitemata. Fullers360 do a ferry ride and get on/off bus ride around Waiheke Island called the Fullers360. It’s a short ferry ride over to the island which is well known for its vineyards and tourist areas. We took lunch at a vineyard which was great.

It was a relaxing day for us as we would have a long journey home so we returned to Novotel to pick up our bags and go back to airport. We flew Singapore Airlines Business Class flight at 0050 on Thursday 6th and arrived back in the UK at Heathrow Terminal 2 at 1530. Not the cheapest way to fly but the lie flat beds made the journey tolerable.