Wellington City from the Botanic Garden

Cable car that takes you up to the Garden

June 9th 2012
Up at the crack of dawn and into Wellington with my brother-in-law before 7.30 – desirable to “beat the traffic”. David went to work, leaving Valda and I to explore and to buy our final gifts for family etc. We started off by walking around the harbour area, taking in the atmosphere of the buildings etc. < ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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David Blewitt

WhitleyBayDownUnder

David is a former lecturer in Electronic Engineering who decided to take early retirement and escape the madness of working in a Further Education College. Valda is his wife, who also recently retired. Both of us decided to try out something a bit more adventurous than taking a package holiday, and set out to see a bit of the world "down under" before popping our clogs. Family living there say it is great, so we are off to see if anything there could replace Whitley Bay as the Centre of the Universe. (Not really possible, but we should look).... full info

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