Blogs from Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 9

Well, it's May and we have only about 6 weeks before we head off to the warmer weather,{I hope}, to see the family in Norway and to do a lot of different things while over there. So looking forward to it. Mean while here at home we haven't been up to much of note. We have spent time in the Hawkes Bay with the kids, a lot of time at home were we have walked, biked, worked around the house, had good weather and bad weather. We have biked and walked in the Hawkes Bay and I have done a little bit of fishing. But not enough. I haven't fished the Wellington or Wairarapa areas which is silly as they are so close. So time goes on. So quickly I can't believe it. People come and ... read more

Wow, we are on day six and I am already exhausted. Here is what we have accomplished in the past four days. I will also include a few of the photos that I said were in the other blog but ran out of time via wifi internet to load them. Currently I am writing you from a Wellington Ferry as we just embarked on a 4 hour ferry ride to Pickin. Free wifi for the whole trip so I hope that for this blog I am able to share all the information and photos before we land. Wifi is a bit slow, but hey it's free and unlimited. #firstworldproblems We picked up our van in Raglan, stayed the night in camp called soulscape, and the next morning woke up and decided to try an take a ... read more

Back in the capital city again for a few days before we head back north to Auckland airport. Te Papa museum awesome. ... read more

Hi everyone, we are now on the North Island, Wellington. This morning after my lonnnnng sleep !! we got up, I packed my suitcase, having big problems with that !! The cheeseboard was in the way !! despite this, my suitcase seemed to have shrunk !! I said to Stu, we seemed to have accumulated a lot of stuff, what have we brought, well if he didn't bring up the cheeseboard once, he repeated himself about 20 times !! No doubt this will be a bone of contention !! Infact he even phoned the airlines to find out if we could book in another piece of lugguage but they wanted very very silly money. Anyhow, not a problem, things work out one way or another !! We drove to Picton to pick up the boat to ... read more

We travelled from Rotorua down to Napier, the road took us over the Ahimanawa Mountain Range which was a spectacular drive. A very steep and windy road weaving through the mountains. Beautiful trip. On arrival we were greeted by our host dressed up in her 1940's outfit who invited us to a party that night which they were hosting in the complex. We had come to Napier for the Art Deco weekend which is an extravaganza that happens every year and has been for the last twenty seven years. Napier is a coastal town and has a very seaside feel about it, it was devastated by an earthquake in 1931 and nearly 300 people lost their lives. When rebuilding was started the Art Deco period was in and basically most of the buildings are built in ... read more