Carter Observatory Wellington

40 Salamanca Road, Wellington , North Island, New Zealand - Phone: +64 (0)4 472 8167
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    Observatory/planetarium

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  • 1

    Wellington Boots Auckland Into Touch

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    ... us up to Wellington's botanical gardens for sweeping views across the city and over the harbour followed by a quick walk to the Carter Observatory and back again for the return trip into town. At the end of Lambton Quay we found ourselves at another ...

  • 2

    Wet and Windy in Wellington

    Well I've just spent two lovely days exploring Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. It's been windy and sunny up until about ten minutes ago when it started pouring. Yesterday I went to the Te Papa museum, which is free and is probably one of the ...

  • 3

    Good Place to Fly a Kite

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    ... views over Wellington on the cloudless day probably due to them having been blown away. Up here there is also the Carter observatory giving planetarium talks and star gazing opportunities in the evening but also being the only place I have ever seen ...

  • 4

    Welington on foot (and cable car)

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    ... in operation since the late 19th century, so it's pretty venerable. The 10 minute ride takes us well above the city to the Carter Observatory and the Cable Car Museum - we wander round the Museum (free) which is actually very interesting and has both a ...

  • 5

    Botanic Gardens

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    ... with some fishes. There is also a tropical section indoors and the flowers were massive. We then went from a stroll to the Carter Observatory, it took about 30 mins to get there (up hill) and when we got there we were lucky to arrive in time ...

  • 6

    Having a baby

    ... answer them. After having a yummy dinner of shrimp, coconut milk, garlic/chili sauce back at the hostel, we returned to the Carter observatory to see Mars, the Jewel box nebula (V's favorite), Saturn (D was impressed that we saw the rings!), near by ...

  • 7

    Carter Observatory

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    The Carter Observatory is in the Wellington Botanical Gardens at the top of the Cable Car which gives a wonderful view over ...

  • 8

    Wellington highlights

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    Today we decided to go up the cable car to Wellington gardens and the Carter observatory. The ride up the hill was great especially when we found out about the cafe at the top with panoramic views over Wellington. After we'd had our coffees we headed ...

  • 9

    Wellington

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    ... in Wellington for the next few nights. We didn't arrive until 7.00pm and so after checking in we headed up to the Carter Observatory to view Saturn through a telescope and then to hear a talk about the Southern Hemisphere stars from one of the local ...

  • 10

    Windy Wellington

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    Dec. 6-7 2006   We are now in Wellington the capital of New Zealand.  We'll only be here for a couple days then cross the straits to Picton on the south island, then by train to Christchurch.  We already have our tickets.  We had a ...