First full day in Wellington. A little overcast and much cooler than yesterday’s 29*C at the golf. Started off with a walk down by the harbour. We are staying right in the downtown area which is really convenient. No car needed. Very beautiful marina below very expensive houses –
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Then turn left and see the dock land –
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This climbing wall for kids looked great –
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A couple of older buildings nestled amongst the skyscrapers –
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Someone to make Gordon feel at home busking on the front –
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Then a random piano that played Greensleeves by itself –
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The current trend seems to be these pop up markets. The last one we saw was in Somerset –
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Then we went off on the bus tour which took us up to Mount Victoria Lookout for views over the Bay –
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A plane coming into land at the airport which has a very short runway and if you over run then you’re in the sea –
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Here’s where the All Black’s play –
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The onto the Wellington Botanical Gardens which are dominated by –
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With a cheeky sparrow on one of the roses –
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This was one the table at lunch. Ingredients peppers and sultanas – not my style –
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This beautiful succulent flower in a hot house –
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Then the contrast of the cobbled path in the herb garden leading up to the water feature –
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Here’s a Tui enjoying a lovely bath –
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Now a couple of unusual pieces of art –
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Then stopped off to look at the railway station which is a replica of Central Station in New York so we are told –
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Now this is the go light on the pedestrian crossing which shows Kate Sheppard who lead women to win the vote on 19th September 1893 in the first self governing country in the world.
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Cool