Blogs from Lower Hutt, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 2

13.07.11 Fahrt mit der Fähre nach Picton Nachdem wir es morgens ein bisschen gemütlicher haben angehen lassen, machten wir uns auf den Weg in Richtung des botanischen Gartens, der über der Stadt lag und eine tolle Aussicht auf Wellington und den Hafen garantiert, bei gutem Wetter :-). Die Fahrt dorthin legten wir mit dem Cable Car, einer alten Straßenbahn, zurück. Es zeigte sich, dass wir die totalen Botanik-Cracks sind, da wir die einzigen Besucher waren. Obwohl das Wetter genial war, für 2 Minuten :-) Die Überfahrt mit der Fähre „BlueBrigde“ war ruhig. Hier hätten wir uns ein bisschen stärkeren Wellengang erhofft. Die Fahrt Richtung Picton durch die Malborough Sounds war sehr beeindruckend. Nach 3 Stunden erreichten wir das sonnige Picton. Dort haben wir zum ersten mal einen Campingplatz aufgesucht. Bedeutet Michael leerte unseren Dump in der ... read more

Hello Everybody! I hope everyone had a lovely 4th of July and watched many fireworks for me, turns out the only day one can buy fireworks in Wellington/ New Zealand is November 5th... go figure (Cory you would probably love it here on that day). So I have finally made it to the city that I will be spending a majority of my time and I am in LOVE. The city reminds me of Charleston and Boston because it is smaller then Auckland and very low key and relaxed. The university itself is not in the city but it sits over looking the city on top of mountain. I live in between the city and the university which makes walking up from the city rather difficult because it is literally a vertical incline (I should have ... read more

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Packed up the car and headed to Picton today. Stopped in Kaikora for lunch, and again in Blenheim for a coffee en route, and despite some pretty lousy rainy weather, we made good time and were in Picton in time for our ferry back….which was then late by over an hour. The crossing itself was quite choppy, and Helen suffered a bit, especially on the open seas where the waves were pretty big and the boat juddered and shook each time it hit one of big waves! We arrived back into Wellington tired but glad to be back and staying with friends! Headed to the Hutt and back to Andy and Marias where we both crashed out exhausted!... read more

24 04 2010 Thankfully another lovely day to greet us it was time to leave Blenheim. The journey to Picton was short, only 35 minutes away. Picton itself was a lovely harbour side place. We parked up and went for stroll round the quay side. I was impressed with the landing craft that was used as a local taxi. Shortly after looking at that we saw a 2 foot wide Ray swimming alongside. Really surprised to see how close to the quayside it was. We then killed time whilst waiting fro our ferry to depart. We were booked on the Interislander ferry which Wendy was not looking forward to as she gets a bit queasy on boats. The sun was shining though and the sea looked like a mill pond. We joined the queue and waited ... read more