See ya Oz - Kia ora Aotearoa

It wasn't easy for us to say goodbye. After ten months and ten days in Australia, we had become so accustomed to the country and its people that we were already feeling a bit like locals.
There was still much to see and experience, especially in the north and inland. However, it was already too hot there, so it made sense to head for the somewhat cooler New Zealand.
Since no cruise ship was sailing from Cairns to Auckland at the time ;-), we chose the air route and flew to the North Island via Brisbane. After immigration was completed in a few minutes with a passport scan and facial recognition, and we shortly thereafter had our luggage together, we faced questions from a biosecurity officer. He also wanted to see our clean shoe soles, after which we had to hand over our tent – ​​fortunately freshly laundered – to a whole team of friendly officers for laboratory testing.
It didn't take long until we got the tent back with the confirmation "all good." So we had made it: "Kia ora Aotearoa!" (Auckland, New Zealand)