Wellington Inns - Reviews and Rates

Leaving Napier behind early thursday morning to the capital Wellington. A long 5 hour drive through new zealand countryside and mountains led us to the outskirts of the capital. We had a few places in mind to stay and we arrive at the first one to find no one at home so we went to our second choice - Moana lodge - and we were very pleased with o...

Art Deco Napier and Urbane Wellington From Lake TaupoWe set off on a 2 - 3 hour drive to Napier. As the guide book told us the drive from Lake Taupo to Napier was mainly through a dessert region we weren't sure what to expect and ensured we had a full tank of petrol. However instead of the barren landscape we were envisaging we found ourselves d...

Tying up loose ends. That is how I would describe my day. Fighting to understand the receptionist at the Rutherford YHA ( I think I have two nights and transportation to and from the Nydia track booked), paying one last shopping visit to the Queensgate mall, cleaning my room, washing my clothes, reducing my domestic situation (setting aside unne...

Today's project took us to the east coast of Wellington Bay to the town of Eastbourne. Much like West Seattle, Eastbourne offers stunning views of the city skyline from across the water. The work itself, however, was less than stunning. Hours of weeding the sand dunes was quite boring - though it did hold a certain therapeutic quality to it. Our...

We are now in Australia, having arrived in Sydney yesterday. Nice to be in a warmer climate again, although we will miss NZ's beautiful scenery and the friends we have made there. Below is a rundown of our final 13 days in New Zealand.......finishing off the south island before a quick "Tiki tour" (Kiwi term) of the north. Picking up from last t...

We left Palmerston on Monday on the 2.30pm bus and arrived back into the hostel around 4.45pm. I'd had a call from Brendon at Hudson agency, confirming that there was a couple of people at Transpower that wanted to meet me, as they had been away at the first interview. So on Tuesday, we both had interviews at 2pm. Mine again was quite informal s...

Came to Wellington and stayed at Greit's hosue- just like any house in SF! Enjoyed exploring the city on the bay and the beautiful hills and parks and galleries- just like SF! It felt so much liek home it was scary! We cooked dinner at her freinds house and it might as well have been my house-(well the place I used to live!) Watched a movie in t...

The ferry docked in Wellington at around 10:30pm, and I headed in search of an internet connection to both update my log and help Judy out with some work. What a transformation, Wellington had been dead the last time I was in town, and now it was a noisy, bustling metropolis, with many bars, clubs, cafes and DVD shops open 24 hours - Wellington ...

Next day saw us travelling the remaining distance down the North Island to Wellington. Our motel (as recommended by Rhonda) is a 1906 built hotel that in recent years has become a sort of hostel. Guests have the use of it's kitchen and dining area (similar to what we are used to in backpacking hostels) but kitted out as an industrial kitchen - w...

After meeting Jack the other day it's given me almost a new lease of life over here and has given me the impotence to get moving again and to decide a plan of action for leaving Wellington I think what I will do is get a flight down to Christchurch buy a car there and then drive up the east coast along the north of the south island then head dow...