Symonds Street Cemetery

Well it'll never be as silent as the grave here 😅 located next to the highway it's loud. At night it's not clearly marked and we took a shortcut through the "park" not seeing what it was till the next day 😱 there were no gates, it's a casual corner park... . It's beautiful and feels like home. A old neglected cemetary. The VIP spot belongs to William Hobson, the first Governor of New Zealand (died 1842). Named after William Cornwallis Symonds (died 1841, aged 31 in a boating accident), army captain and magistrate. . Symonds Street Cemetery, the first official cemetery in Auckland (1842) and resting place of Auckland City's founding fathers. They closed for burials in 1886 (+1 families welcome, the newest/redone headstone we saw was 1919) in 1960s - land reduced by about a quarter for the highway (it's noisy here, defs not resting in peace anymore). . 💀We stayed at a hotel opposite a graveyard, set as park, no gates closing at sundown. Though they said it's the kids doing drugs in there that you gotta worry about. As it's on a hill you can't go in at night (shouldn't) there aren't many paved roads and if you slipped and fell you might end up on top of someone! . The first graveyard on a hill, once a place of peace it's now next to a motorway... (might be the secret to being on time?) so beautiful though. Need to do a tour next time. So many graves needs upkeeping. . 📍Symonds Street Cemetery // Anglican Section