Blogs from Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 14

Happy 2014, to one and all, from Wellington! The city is located on the very south tip of the Northern Island, and it is the farthest south that I will go on this journey. It's a port city, with a lot of cafes and bars on the waterfront. I couchsurfed one night and stayed in a backpackers in the second night, both of them located in downtown Wellington. The feel of downtown really reminded me of New York, with buses running, stores everywhere, interesting people walking by, the whole shebang. There also seem to be a lot of artists in Wellington, so that's another parallel. There are many things to see and do in Wellington, but the only thing I did was visit Te Papa, the AWESOME museum they have there. Most of the museum is ... read more

Saturday December 28th, 2013. Crossing the Cook Strait to Wellington, North Island, New Zealand Woke up this morning and it was chucking it down. We checked out of the YH and then went into town for breakfast in one of the cafes. A couple of cheese and bacon toasties - lovely. Our ferry was at 1.10 but we had to check in at the latest at 12 noon. We had a few hours to kill so we went for a drive down the main highway 1 in the other direction to see some new stuff. Then we turned up at the ferry terminal only to be told that the boat was late and that we needed to come back at 1.45. It was still raining so we decided to go to Picton Aquarium (as it was ... read more

Greetings to you all and I hope that the Festive season treats you all as you would wish. This time last year Chris, Hege and the girls had arrived and Rune and Lillen were nearly here. It was magic and we trust that this year will be the same for everyone. This year we will be in Gisborne were Warwick and Pam have planed Christmas with Jeremy, Amy, Brad and Sarah and the kids. It will be fantastic, so lets hope for good weather. I have not been doing much lately, hence the lack of blogs. So 2013 has almost finished and 2014 is on its way. We need to get planning our holidays for the coming months. I have been thinking back over the last year and I really do think that I am very ... read more

Complementary breakfast at this hotel on a special deal we got relating to the Wellington soccer team having a home match! For a free gift it was remarkably good - obviously had the buffet omelette but in this case it was brought to the table by the chef himself with the words "here is your ham and cheese omelette topped with a little avocado oil and finished with a sprinkling of micro greens (or cress to you and me)"! Once we had completely over eaten we headed off to the cable car (yes our third of the trip, can you remember where the other two were, answers at the end of the page). It runs right from the centre of the city, right behind McDonalds and has been in service since 1902 although it was completely ... read more

Bonsoir a tous, je sais, ça fait bien longtemps depuis mon dernier message, je m'en excuse bien bas, avec la dernière semaine que j'ai passer en nouvelle Zélande, je dois vous dire que j'ai couru pas mal. Mais pour continuer dans l'ordre de ce que j'ai fais dans ce magnifique pays qu'est la Nouvelle-Zélande, avant de quitter l'île du nord, j'ai été faire un tour au musée de Te Papa, musée national qui est situé a Wellington, en plein centre-ville. Bien qu'il y ai plusieurs sections différentes dont certaines qui sont payantes, il faut se donner plus d'une journée pour faire simplement le tour de la section gratuite tellement il y'a des choses a voir. En passant par une section qui parle des premiers colons, les maoris qui ont quitter Hawaii ou des îles du pacifique ... read more