A Day Trip to MOTAT Auckland: Aviation Museum + Mini Train 🚂✈️

I originally planned to go to the zoo today, but couldn’t find a parking spot at all 😅! We ended up driving all the way to the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) — so we just went in, and it turned out to be such a great surprise! Turns out it’s super good value for money: an adult ticket is only NZD 19, and a kids’ ticket is NZD 10, which covers EVERYTHING 🎫! There are 2 main areas with a total of 8 galleries (might not be 100% accurate), plus the connecting train that even passes by the zoo — how cool is that? 1. First Area: Aviation Gallery (the northern section on the map) ✈️ It’s smaller than the aviation museum in Christchurch, but it’s packed with planes! There are computers with all kinds of aviation knowledge to learn from — super educational 🖥️. There’s even a helicopter model you can simulate flying with, and walkie-talkies outside that let you chat with the ones in the planes — my inner kid was screaming! 2. Second Area: Southern Section 📍 This area has a Communications Exhibition, a Vintage Car Exhibition, a Science Learning Gallery, and a "Get Smarter" Exhibition (their official name!) with old-school items. In the old items section, I found so many nostalgic things that only 80s kids would recognize — like the Motorola "brick" phone and the short-lived MD player 📱! I learned so much today, especially how to send SOS in Morse code — total win! Next to the Science Gallery, there’s a separate room where you can experience VR glasses to "fly" over Auckland 🕶️. I’ve tried VR before, but this video is exclusive to MOTAT! I even spotted the seaplane I saw earlier in the Aviation Gallery in the video — so pro tip: visit the Aviation Gallery first, then come here for the VR! The two red phone booths at the entrance of the Communications Exhibition actually work — you can call each other from one to the other 📞! Some of the old telephones inside the exhibition work too. There are also vintage typewriters that let you type on a computer screen — you only use the up/down/left/right keys to type 26 English letters, and it even has delete and space functions. So fun and tricky at the same time 😂! #NewZealand #Auckland #AucklandLife #AucklandFamilyFun #MuseumExploration #AucklandTravel #AucklandDaily