Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this B&BLambton Heights Wellington
The Capital of the Islands
After a short flight from Napier to Wellington we arrived at our B & B, unpacked and caught the cable car down the hill to the centre of Wellington and met Jill and her husband Kevin for lunch. We had a really lovely lunch -we chatted away like old friends which, considering we’d only ever met once before for a couple of minutes …
Cable cars, trolley buses and tired feet
First thing today we went up the hill on the cable car to the Botanical Gardens. There was a lovely view down across the city and lots of paths wandering up and down hills - and all for free, unlike the botanical gardens in Cambridge where you have to pay to go in even if you are a resident. The gardens seem to be the place where young mums …
Palmerston North to Wellington
Monday brought the good weather back and my drive to Wellington. Only a couple of hours across nice countryside. The final drive into Wellington was along the shore where the surf was rolling in from the other side of the Tasman Sea than I saw on the East coast of Tasmania.
Wellington is another town that seems to grow out of the sea up …
Wellington
Windy and showery was the morning as I ate my way through Tomarillos and Granola followed by a fluffy cheese omelette. I had booked to go on the town walk at 10:00am and headed down armed with my Gore-Tex and met up with Murray, our guide, and a Canadian gentleman who was the other member of the group. The walk was great and even included a tour of …
Martinborough
Time for some more wine tasting! First I had to drive to Martinborough which is about 70km from Wellington. The road goes over a great mountain pass with forested hills and about 13km of switch-back turns and bumps – fantastic fun! Once the other side the valley is sweeping and wide with the vineyards pretty spread out amongst the farms.

