The CVNZ volunteer house is located in the largely chinese suburb of Mt Albert, west of Auckland city centre. Each weekend half of the volunteer group stays in the house and the other half stays in Auckland Central Backpackers Hostel. This week we were stationed at the house which was a perfect way to relax and unwind afetr a week at the camp! The house is basic but comfortable, with 2/3 beds per room - but it felt really nice to be in a proper house again and not have to share bathrooms and kitchen with hundreds of other backpackers. Another bonus is the fact that we get all our groceries for the week bought for us before we arrive back into the house every friday, so we are in for a relatively cheap 4 weeks. Mt Albert is located on the trainline that heads straight into Auckland centre and takes about 20mins so we were still able to get into town when needed.
On the Friday night we headed into the city centre for our first big night out in Auckland, with all of the other volunteers (about 12 in total). We went to a nice little bar on the harbour front called 'Provodore' and a few other places nearby.
Sunday was spent having a lazy day around the house and packing our bags ready for another week of volunteer work - this time in Hunua Forest, 2 hours south east of Auckland.
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