Carter Observatory Wellington

Wellington, raining and cold... ho hum....

Short stop before we catch the ferry over to the South Island.

Home is a serviced apartment in CBD. Due to the poor weather, we used the first few hours to (quickly) visit the tourist information office and then (more leisurely) take refuge in a couple of brew pubs. First pub was a …

Entry containing 20 photos titled: Heading to the planetarium , Carter Observatory

Wellington, a pleasant surprise during our time in New Zealand. While it is New Zealand's capitol, I really had not given our one week stop over much thought. As far as I was concerned, it was a means to an end. Like most things I have encountered thus far during this journey, though, there is much to learn and see within the "means" to the end and …

I was deeply saddened this morning when I woke up to the news on FACEBOOK that my friend of almost 30 years dad died. I feel helpless because I can't fly in to help in anyway. Of course how can one really help under that kind of circumstance? I guess for my own emotional well being I wish I could just be there to make sure she and her family are ok …

... 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 ...

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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... – I’m sure the staff wanted to kick us out! Eventually we left of our own accord though and headed to the Carter Observatory which has a great view from the top of the hill over Wellington. We sign ourselves up for the Planetarium show and ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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

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 ...

... for everyone lasted way longer than it usually does. We waited around for the kids to finish so we could head to the Carter Observatory.  We thought it would be interesting to see the night sky from the Southern Hemisphere for once.   Finally ...