Aussie visitor and Wellington sightseeing

Yesterday I got to pick up up an aussie visitor off a flight, and today we went sightseeing. This included Eastbourne; a place I had not visited despite being in Wellington for over 4.5 years now. As you can see, the weather improved a lot during the day!

Pictures are:

Emma the visitor...

The beach at Eastbourne

Marina at the international sea port

Looking across the harbour to the Hutt Valley

Te Papa

Enjoy!

Wellington Scenary from Mount Victoria

Here are a few pictures of Wellington City. I took these from the summit of Mount Victoria last weekend.

For those of you who do not know Wellington, this means I have scaled a mountain. It took a lot of planning and effort! [for those who do know Wellington, yeah, I drove to the top :-)]. Anyway, the pictures are, top to bottom:

- general view of the Wellington CBD
- WestpacTrust Stadium [aka The Caketin]
- Te Papa Tongarewa
- The Museum of New Zealand building
- the Basin Reserve cricket groud
- closeup of a flax bush on the mountain