Wellington, New Zealand Travel Blogs

Windy Wellington
Aug 30, 2004 (4 photos)

... it if you want to get another perspective on history, government, and especially authority. After applying for many jobs in Wellington, I feel that I might be heading to Queenstown to work in hotels (if possible). The area looks amazing and some of ...

Ferry Ride from North to South
May 17, 2004 (9 photos)

... entered the Marlborough Sounds and were swept away by the amazing scenery. It was spectacular with the lush green hills and the sparkling blue sea. The weather was perfect for our trip and it's still one of our favourite days so far in New Zealand...

Fond farewells...
Jun 20, 2005 (1 photos)

... Christmas at Pacific Coast Lodge, as it has such a homely feel to it. If not, I will definitely return before I leave New Zealand...the beaches in Mount Maunganui will be irresistable in summer! After a long bus journey, in which I often found myself ...

Random of photos of Wellington and around
Nov 19, 2004 (8 photos)

Hi everyone, Just some random photos of around wellington that we have on a cd and thought I may as well put up here. Next post will most likely be after we have started our travels again on the 3rd December so look out for new photos!!

Scotland v Samoa Rugby Match
Jul 13, 2004 (12 photos)

... off to watch Scotland take on Samoa at the rugby! It was a fantastic night, one of our best yet since we arrived in New Zealand. Made all the better by the fact that Carly, a mate from home was arriving in Wellington that day with her boyfriend Joe and ...

Wellington-gateway to the South
Feb 11, 2005 (2 photos)

... husband) enough, they are both very kind and generous people. Jackie took me to the air port for my flight down to Wellington, I was a bit worried that I might need to pay for my excess baggage, but the check-in woman very kindly ignored that my backpack ...

Wellington to Auckland
May 4, 2005 (2 photos)

A very early start, the coach turned up at 7am and we were off. Driving from Wellington to Auckland oh what fun! I had done this journey before but it was in a car and I could stop wherever I wanted it took longer but it made the trip a lot easier. We ...

...life is but a dream
Jan 3, 2005

... got a bit hectic. so, we were happy to hop on a bus out of there today, and now we are in wellington, the capital of new zealand. (it's also a city that is sitting on four major fault lines... they have frequent earthquakes here and all of the buildings ...

Not-so-windy Wellington!
Mar 13, 2005 (2 photos)

... to the Te Papo Museum with the girls, although we all split up once we got inside. This place is known as the 'Museum of New Zealand' and it is such a huge place that dominates the waterfront. The great thing about it is that it is interactive, and my ...

The week that Wellington was closed
Nov 3, 2005

This week is fast turning out to become the week that Wellington was closed. First the City Gallery was being refitted yesterday and now the National Library Gallery was also shut down. The National Portrait Gallery did one better and moved location ...

I love Wellington in the springtime
Sep 18, 2005 (18 photos)

... Lord of the Rings film where the hobbits have to get off the road, and Frodo has his first encounter with a ringwraith, cool eh! The view from the top of Mount Vic is awesome, you can see all of Wellington, and it gives an idea of how small the city is.

Back to Welly again!
Nov 15, 2005 (1 photos)

... =79) or beer or junk food for the last 10 days - well done Helen!! To celebrate that I'm gonna have the nicest pizza in New Zealand tonight (www.hell.co.nz), followed by a few beers - it's student night in Wellington and the beers are only $3 - awesome!!!

Wine Tasting, Pinnacles, Cape Palliser, Seal Colon
Nov 23, 2008 (13 photos)

... Pinnicles and then over to Martinborough where spent the night in a camp site. Next morning we did the rounds of the wineries pretending to know about wine. Got back to Welly sunday evening. There are so many things to see and that are close to Wellington.

Wellington, North Island
May 16, 2004 (9 photos)

... We tried to nick one but it didn't work, only kidding! Someone had put chewing gum on Orlando Bloom though, how cruel! Wellington is really small for a capital city and walking up a street you can have high rise office blocks on one side and residential ...

Boat to the North Island
Jan 3, 2007 (14 photos)

The train was actually late, not by much but enough for us to just grab our bags and rush over to the ferry where huge ques have formed at every counter except one and this guy sends us straight to that one, lucky us. The ferry is humungous with 10 ...

Back in Wellie
May 28, 2004 (10 photos)

As soon as we arrived back in Wellington we knew that we had made the right decision. We love this city and were pleased to be back here. We moved back into the YHA and started the hunt for an apartment. After only a few days (and a bit of stress after ...

Bloody NZ weather!!
Nov 29, 2005

Today was supposed to be skydive and bungy jump day in Taupo. We watched some geezer jump off the Taupo bungy thing, and even though I really don't want to do a bungy it's only $65 before 11am, so I thought 'get out of your comfort zone and try it!' We ...

Back on the North Island
Jan 8, 2006 (30 photos)

Having spent two months touring around the South Island of New Zealand (not forgetting a few days on Stewart Island also) I'm back up north in Wellington. It's been a fun weekend catching up with friends and walking around the busy city streets again. ...

On the Road South
Apr 1, 2007 (30 photos)

After being stuck in 3 days of torrential rain, hanging out with cool folks at the On the Beach Hostel in Whitianga (pronounced Fitianga) meeting a guy from Maine, and getting my hair cut, I hit the road once again, this time heading south to Rotorua and ...

Around Wellington
Nov 29, 2008 (11 photos)

Just a few pics in and around Wellington...

Kaikoura to Wellington
May 15, 2008

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Random Update #1
Apr 26, 2009 (30 photos)

... habe alle Blicke:-) Er rollt ohne Probleme und springt beim ersten mal an..meisstens zumindestens;-) Unser naechstes Ziel in Wellington ist ein Halbmarathon am 28.06.09Dave mag ja die Rennerei eigentlich nicht aber er hat sich entschieden mitzumachen.Er ...

Update
Jan 29, 2007

Kia ora This blog is to let you all know that after a brief sojourn in Wellington and up north (mostly on the beautiful Waiheke Island), I am heading back to seek my fortune, so to speak, in China. I leave this Thursday. I hope to keep ...

Finally in Wellington!!
May 11, 2005 (2 photos)

... and the works; just went to get on the plane, whacked my head (which hurt!!) and then clouds came over the jump site. Damn New Zealand weather! So couldn't do a dive that day, and then the next day I woke up to rain. Fingers crossed I'm gonna go back ...

Goodbye cruel North Island
Sep 27, 2004 (5 photos)

... seaside town with its sunshine (at last!), palm trees and Art Deco buildings. From there we drove to Wellington which is the most cultural city in New Zealand. Because of our car troubles we had only a night there which ended up being perfect for us ...

A week in Windy Wellington
Nov 22, 2004 (4 photos)

... about our third day we found an ad for a really cool flat on Cuba Street, in my opinion one of the coolest streets in Wellington.A cross between Soho and Covent Garden, Lots of trendy cafes and shops and lots of street buskers. We went and had a look at ...

A technical day
Oct 28, 2006

... of transport to Palmerston North is the good old Intercity bus/coach service, which crawls through unseasonably heavy traffic getting out of Wellington but drops us at the Palmerston North depot at 7.20pm, only 10 minutes late. As it happens, Jess and Guy ...

Leaving the South, heading north
May 22, 2006 (7 photos)

... the sunshine looking over the harbour and read more of our books. We then get to the ferry terminal for our 13.15 departure to Wellington. Quite a big ferry where we head up on deck to see us making our way out of the harbour. The passage out to the open ...

Windy Welly
Oct 22, 2008 (13 photos)

... . We accepted her invitation and requested the length of said movie. Her reply......12 minutes!......12 minutes?.........12 minutes!.......that's all New Zealand has to offer? What have they been up to down here? Lol. Anyway, in we went and realised there ...

Speaking of engagements
Oct 31, 2006 (3 photos)

Halloween has never really caught on in New Zealand. I guess that people here have realised that it is basically just a big commercial scam - fine for Americans but not really for Kiwis. You see the odd person dressed up but it's more for a laugh than ...