Wellington 12 & 13

Wellington Harbour from the car on the way in.

 

 

We picked up Jenny and David from the Wellington airport and went to our apartment. This is the view from the balcony.

 

 

The first thing we did was was walk around the harbour to the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa. One of the exhibitions was a rather graphic exhibit about Gallipoli.

 

 

A Maori entrance.

 

 

Next day we took the Cable Car which climbs 120 metres up the hill to the top entrance of the Botanical Gardens.

 

 

 

On the way up we were treated to a light show in the tunnels.

 

There is a cable car museum at the top.

 

 

The view is impressive.

 

 

Many of the houses are wooden. Some houses on the steep hills have their own little cable cars for the use of the owners.

 

 

We walked downhill through the Botanical Gardens, which were lush and interesting.

 

 

In the Begonia House at the bottom of the hill.

 

 

David, Jenny and Bill at the rose garden.

 

 

Part of Parliament House, known as the beehive.

 

 

Street art nearby.

 

 

The birthplace of New Zealand's most famous writer, Katherine Mansfield.

 

 

 

 

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