Blogs from Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 4

We arrived in Wellington in the early hours of Mon 21st Jan after an uneventful and quite boring ferry crossing. We were disappointed that the clouds had prevented us from seeing the star formations but we were now on the North Island and ready for part two of our NZ adventure. The only other slight 'issue' that night was that we had no accomadation! And at 2am we were unlikely to find anything! But, I had planned for this scenario and we had purchased two sleeping bags, and we still had our two pillows so we slept in the car outside the ferry terminal. Madam was not impressed and we wouldn't be doing that again! After a dreadful sleep we left the car and wandered around Wellington for a few hours and got a coffee in ... read more

This will be my last blog from the North Island of New Zealand. Been here a little over 6 weeks. I think we have covered a lot of this Island since Oct 25th. Everyone has told us "wait till you see the South Island"! Our car ferry leaves at 8:15 and we have to be in the que at 7:15 to board. Takes an out 2 1/2 hrs. crossing. Today has been very nice. Sunny and very little Wind. I will post a few images from today and yesterday. As always Lowell... read more

Mittwoch 31.Oktober 2012 Wellington Heute ist unser letzter ganzer Tag auf der Nordinsel. Es gäbe noch so vieles, was wir uns ansehen möchten, doch uns bleibt nur noch dieser eine Tag. Wir besprechen nach dem Frühstück die Möglichkeiten, berechnen den Zeitaufwand, kommen zu keinem Schluss und überlassen es dem armen Willi, eine Entscheidung zu treffen. Die Seal Colony am Turakirae Head, südwestlich von Wellington, ist die gewünschte Sehenswürdigkeit. Wir machen uns auf der Karte kundig, schätzen den Fahrt- und Gehaufwand ein und freuen uns auf den Ausflug. Der Wettergott ist eindeutig auf unserer Seite, verwöhnt uns mit einem tiefblauen, wolkenlosen Himmel und lässt ein sanftes Windchen wehen, damit uns beim Gehen nicht zu heiss wird, was will man mehr! Wir fahren durch eine bezaubernde Landschaft bis nach Wainuiomata.... und wissen nicht mehr weiter. Nichts ang... read more

To start the day off, we tried connecting to the internet. We got a connection but it was very slow. Trying to post a daily travel blog with photos is extremely difficult to do in NZ! After a while we gave up because it was eating up too much time. We drove into Porirua to go to the Adrenelin Forest. This is where they have a multilevel aerial obstacle course. Samuel was only tall enough to do course 1 and 2, but Elizabeth could do as many as she wanted. Neil, Elizabeth and Samuel all took to the trees, while I stayed on the ground to be photographer. Each participant is responsible for their own safety and must keep themselves attached to the wires at all times using two carabiners to do so. Samuel loved it! ... read more

We have put a photo into the provile so hopefully it is there when this goes out Today is another beautiful day, so I can get somemore painting done.... read more