Skiving the Sky
12th July 2007
Yup. It's the 1st of August and the rate of blogging is still smaller than the rate of activity. Sianz, so here a chop-chop-curry-pok entry about the prominent Sky Tower in Auckland.
A quick greeting of Sky Tower outside our apartment.
Straight after receiving our student ID cards from University of Auckland, we made use of our freshly-attained student status to visit the Sky Tower at a discounted price.
I took a deep breath as the lift whizzed it's way up to the Observatory Deck... And lo and behold! The view was....
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So- so.
I guess maybe I had visited the Macau Tower less than a year ago so there wasn't anything spectacularly new for me. Incidentally, it was the Sky Tower which inspired Stanley Ho to commission a similar one to be built in Macau.
Okay, to be fair, you can get a panoramic view of the whole city, almost like Google Earth in 3D.
Victoria Park Market
One Tree Hill
Clock Tower in University of Auckland
One of the key attraction of Sky Tower is the modified bungy jump, which is crudely called Sky Jump. Costing $195.00 and lasting only 11 seconds over a range of 192m, it is as they always say, not a thing for the faint-hearted.
You can have a glimpse of terror or excited anticipation as they hang mid-air in front of the observatory deck...
before plunging down to bull's-eye.
Of course, for the chicken hearted (or the financially strapped), some had to resort to "blue screen effect" to fake a picture of them free falling.
I too, had my own form of cheap thrill.
Arrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
Yup. It's the 1st of August and the rate of blogging is still smaller than the rate of activity. Sianz, so here a chop-chop-curry-pok entry about the prominent Sky Tower in Auckland.
The Sky Tower is an observation and radio tower located on the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets in the central business district of Auckland, New Zealand. It is 328 metres tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, and the 13th tallest member of the World Federation of Great Towers.Because of the paltry number of skyscrapers, the Sky Tower is visible throughout Auckland City, making it a near impossible task to lose your sense of directions here.
A quick greeting of Sky Tower outside our apartment.
Straight after receiving our student ID cards from University of Auckland, we made use of our freshly-attained student status to visit the Sky Tower at a discounted price.I took a deep breath as the lift whizzed it's way up to the Observatory Deck... And lo and behold! The view was....
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
So- so.
I guess maybe I had visited the Macau Tower less than a year ago so there wasn't anything spectacularly new for me. Incidentally, it was the Sky Tower which inspired Stanley Ho to commission a similar one to be built in Macau.
Okay, to be fair, you can get a panoramic view of the whole city, almost like Google Earth in 3D.
The Second Tallest Structure in Auckland, ANZ Tower
Victoria Park Market
One Tree Hill
Auckland Harbour Bridge
Auckland Museum
Auckland Museum
Clock Tower in University of Auckland
One of the key attraction of Sky Tower is the modified bungy jump, which is crudely called Sky Jump. Costing $195.00 and lasting only 11 seconds over a range of 192m, it is as they always say, not a thing for the faint-hearted.You can have a glimpse of terror or excited anticipation as they hang mid-air in front of the observatory deck...
before plunging down to bull's-eye.
Of course, for the chicken hearted (or the financially strapped), some had to resort to "blue screen effect" to fake a picture of them free falling.
I too, had my own form of cheap thrill.
Arrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!Labels: Auckland Sky Tower, Sky Jump
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