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Wandering Wednesday Photo – SkyTower, New Zealand

11 November 2009 12 Comments

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The SkyTower is Auckland’s major landmark and a tourist attraction. As far as I know, it is the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere.

The view from the top of the platform is incredible. You can see the entire city. Even the tall buildings look very small from up there.
If you have a weak heart, please do not look down. Better would be not to go up at all ! :P

And with a rope tied around you, you can jump off it too. We also did it.

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  • anjuli said:

    This picture is really lovely. Did you say you jumped off this????? Seriously- if that is true- you are very brave. I am not sure I could even go up this :) Although- I have gone up the Eiffel tower, in the past, and also up the the space needle in Seattle.

    btw, thanks for stopping by my blog!!

    # 11 November 2009 at 8:42 PM
  • Sid said:

    Whaaaa…
    They allow you to jump off that! Must have been freaking amazing and scary too.

    # 11 November 2009 at 9:33 PM
  • Mridula said:

    Great! Would wait to hear more.

    # 11 November 2009 at 9:43 PM
  • Vacation Deals said:

    i want to be on top of it.. unless i won’t think of my fear of heights…
    bungee jumping would be a lot of fun…

    # 12 November 2009 at 3:02 PM
  • Anil said:

    What a sight indeed. Wasn’t this the tower that the Indian cricket team was pictured walking with ropes securing them, recently.

    And you jumped? Wah. Looking forward to the pictures.

    # 13 November 2009 at 5:14 AM
  • Vamsee said:

    Lovely.
    Yes, your combined feed was not showing any of these posts. I was wondering what was going on with you.

    # 13 November 2009 at 10:35 AM
  • Cate said:

    This is one of the loveliest shits I’ve seen of the tower. Did you visit the restaurant at the top? Really yummy food and good views when the weather behaves or… did you jump?

    # 16 November 2009 at 8:15 PM
  • Nisha (author) said:

    Anjuli,
    Yes, ofcourse we jumped off ! Now, don’t ask me how. hee hee
    We were tied to rope and made to stand on the edge and…..

    Talking of towers, I have been to a few too.
    Eiffel tower, Sky tower in Auckland, in Sydney, in Malaysia, Burj in Dubai, and in New York !

    # 20 November 2009 at 6:18 PM
  • Nisha (author) said:

    Sid,
    Not really a jump but yes it was scary.

    Mridula,
    Sure. :)

    # 20 November 2009 at 6:20 PM
  • Nisha (author) said:

    Vacation deals,
    You can’t do a bungee jumping from there. :)

    Anil,
    Yes, it is the same tower and that’s how the jumpers are secured tightly. :)

    Pictures of my jumping? No, no.

    # 20 November 2009 at 6:24 PM
  • Nisha (author) said:

    Vamsee,
    Hope now you have subscribed to right feed.

    Cate,
    No, we couldn’t visit the restaurant for lack of time.
    No doubt the weather was good as the picture suggests and we were busy in our jumping activities. :P

    # 20 November 2009 at 6:28 PM
  • Le Monde – A Poetic Travail » Blog Archive » Rotorua, a place to remember said:

    [...] beautiful cities, tallest tower in southern hemisphere and breathtaking scenic countryside, there is one more place in New Zealand which we can not [...]

    # 14 March 2011 at 11:41 PM

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