Long weekend in Whanganui

This weekend has been "Wellington Anniversary Weekend" and the extra day off work has been very welcome. I took the opportunity to pop up to Whanganui overnight last night to visit my young-looking parents [Hi Mum!].

Whanganui was having a "Vintage Weekend" comprising mainly of old cars and a very old tractor. At the risk of never being allowed back in town, I think that the cars are about the same age as the average resident :-)

The other event worthy of note was the downhill go-kart racing. It looked like a lot of fun - would have been nice to be in the event :-)

Photos are of some of the vintage cars and then the go-karts. My favourite kart would have to be the last one - making a good attempt at camoflaging itself against the trees... it helped that it lost a wheel on the way down also... very funny!

Christmas Holiday in Wanganui - daytime

In these final pictures of my quick break in Wanganui, a few daytime photos. As you can see, Wanganui had the same great summer days as everyone else had. Great timing :-)

The first is on an "art" installation on the river front, right next to where the regular Saturday market operates from. Lots of sunshine. The second and third pictures are from the beach walk. Lots more sunshine! The last photo is a rough and ready panoramic stitched image from some pictures taken from the tower on top of the Durie Hill elevator tower [click on the image for the larger version!].

Christmas Holiday in Wanganui - Virginia Lake at night # 2

Here's the second set from my nocturnal visit to Virginia Lake in Wanganui - this time a few of the fountain.

Christmas Holiday in Wanganui - Virginia Lake at night

Most of the Christmas break this year consisted of a trip to Wanganui to visit family. While there, we went out to Virginia Lake to see what the Council has done with lighting some of the trees and the fountain in the middle of the lake. This first post consists of some of the photos of the tree lighting, the next post will have photos of the fountain.

Enjoy!

Christmas Holiday in Whanganui: post 2

After the visit to the Durie Hill Tower, another "must" is Virginia Lake. Virginia Lake used to be the main water supply for Whanganui [many years ago], but nowadays is a renowned small lake with ducks, geese, pukekos and various other wildlife present, as well as an aviary, gardens and more. The ducks and geese all look healthy - I'm not sure that my comments of "that would be nice for dinner tonight" were appreciated though... :-)

The following pictures are from around the lake, and then some of the birds in residence. Most of the birds were really friendly, and happy to pose for a photo or two!

Christmas Holiday in Whanganui

This year I went up to Whanganui to visit my folks for a few days. It was nice relaxing time, with a bit of "geek" stuff to do [setting up a secure wifi router], and a good chance to catch up with a number of other rellies.

Amazingly, the weather was very good all bit one day - that "one day" was windy and wet... much like Wellington is on a regular basis!! :-)

We did get out the see some of the sights. In this first post, there are pictures of, and from, the Durie Hill Tower. it's around 30 meters [100 feet] above the ground level. You'll see from the pictures that it is also a great vantage point to see over Whanganui.

Photos are of the Durie Hill Tower and of Whanganui, starting from the river mouth. Enjoy!