After the Symposia that Lenore, my sister, and I attended in Wellington, we had three days to explore. Initially we had decided to hire a car and travel, but changed plans and decided to explore around Wellington. Did the tourist things, shopping, bus tour of city and suburbs, te papa Museum, failed to see inside the Catholic Cathedral because it had suffered earthquake damage, the beautiful Old St Paul's built from native timbers, walked the waterfront and seen some young Maori men getting Wellington's Maori canoe ready to sail, Found the Sea Shepherd berthed there beside a sculpture of the ifirst sighting of New Zealand by the Maori, went to the Lady Norwood Rose Garden - 110 garden beds backed by the Begonia house, and the Hiroshima shrine to one side, had a Tui (Honeyeater) pose for us on Flax flowers, showing off her irridescent feathers and as noted in a previous report went to a lot of restaurants. All in all we had an enjoyable time and got to know Wellington a little bit better than sitting in a conference venue for two days.
These are a few selected photographs from those ramblings.
These are a few selected photographs from those ramblings.
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