Days Bay Wellington

... Head at the end of the peninsula.  As we took the wrong turning we had a scenic cruise through Days Bay which was nice and offered a good view of Wellington across the bay. Back on the right road eventually, the wind had started to howl so we made ...

... We went all around the outlying suburbs and around the Bays on the opposite side of the harbour to Wellington City. We visited places like Eastbourne and Days Bay with great views across the harbour. We then went into Wellington City and decided to go ...

... who is 16 months old, so not much relaxing for her! April drove us back to her place in Days Bay in the Lower Hutt area of Wellington.  She has a cute, older home overlooking the bay and the view from the front porch is spectacular!  ...

... at lunch.  We did see some gecko lizards, and a ton of ferns opening up their fronds (which is a very famous image around New Zealand.)  As the day wore on we saw more and more birds too.  It was basically a nature walk through the woods ...

... around the shops by Claire and Amy (preferring that to potentially falling on his backside). We then hopped on the ferry out to Days Bay for an afternoon of Fush 'n' Chups and sunbathing. On Sunday we took the bus to Lyall Bay for Ben's birthday present ...

... . The house was lush and their views were amazing so it was a fab afternoon/evening, though sadly one of our last good days of Wellington weather! We visited Te Papa, the NZ museum, went back to Weta, the studios used by Peter Jackson (to show Mel and ...

... filmed on the edge of Upper Hutt. The next day was beautifully sunny. We drove down the east coast of the Wellington harbour to days bay where we walked up a North pointing arm which was very steep to a ridge and turned south before heading back down ...

Week 2, for the whole school (Year 1 to 8 boys, parents and staff off ...

... it was a 3.5 hour ferry ride...one way!  So instead I opted for a shorter trip over to the Matiu/Somes Island and then to Days Bay.  I spent about 2 hours at the first one, which is a nature reserve.  I got a chance to see alot of skinks ...

... waterfront which was so pretty in the sunlight and then caught the Dominion Post Ferry across the harbour where it stopped at Somes island and days bay before returning to the CBD. As it was such a clear day we got a fabulous view out of the harbour to ...