Google+Maps+Auckland

Use Google Maps to answer the following questions 1) You hop in your car to start your adventure at number 10 Valley Road, Pukekohe. You drive south until you reach East Street. From here you want to get to the Southern Motorway. Which **direction** should you travel along East Street?
 * Scavenger Hunt - Google Maps Trip around Auckland **

2) You reach the Southern Motorway and begin travelling north until you reach Wiri Station Road in Manukau. How many times have you crossed **Great South Road** since you joined the Southern Motorway?

3) You drive down Wiri Station Road until you reach Puhinui Road. You then drive down Puhinui Road until it ends. Where are you now?

4) Here you meet your friend who is visiting from Brazil and decide to show her the sights of Auckland. First stop is the Sky Tower. Approximately how far is it in **kilometres** from where you are?

5) Once at the Sky Tower you look around and a stranger gives you some great **advice** of what to do when you’re bored at the Sky Tower. What is it? (clue: click ‘more’ them ‘movies’ on top right hand corner of Google maps)

6) From here you decide to visit your friend in Mt Roskill. She lives on Goad Crescent; however, you don’t know how to get there. Use the ‘Get Directions’ function to find your way. What is the minimum **time** and **distance** the journey is expected to take?

7) You pull up at the end of Goad Crescent and spot your friends car parked on the side of the road. What **colour** is it? (must use ‘Street View’)

8) You chat with your friend and she recommends a kayaking adventure, and you are excited. The three of walk down to Mt. Roskill Grammar School and start kayaking from where Sommerset Road crosses the creek at the side of the school. You paddle for 100 meters and find a **large sporting obstacle** in the way. What is it?

9) Once past the obstacle you paddle down the creek until it reaches the Waitemata Harbour (follow the creek). What **suburb** are you in when you reach Waitemata Harbour?

10) When you arrive in the harbour you are concerned about the kayaking conditions. Use the satellite image to decide whether it was **high tide or low tide** in the Waitemata Harbour when the photo was taken.

11) You carry on and paddle through the harbour underneath the Auckland Harbour Bridge and out to Rangitoto Island. Once there you decide to view photos other people have taken of the island. **Who** took the photo of the ‘Lava Tube’ on Ranigtoto Island? (clue: Select ‘more’ and’ photos’ in top right hand corner of the Google maps page)


 * Extra for Experts** – Pretend you are Kayaking from Rangitoto Island (Hauraki Gulf – East Coast) to the mouth of the Waikato River (Tasman Sea – West Coast). Describe how you can get there by crossing the smallest amount of land possible. (NOTE - It is possible to get all the way there by only walking on land for 2km!)