Copthorne Wellington

... morning but the sun does break out for a short while as we sit out on the deck.   We are scheduled to arrive in Wellington at 7:30 p.m.  We arrive after 9:00 exhausted .  It has been a 2 ½ hour bus ride, followed by a train trip that ...

Friday, January 13th, Day 49: Today we left Wellington, and caught a train upto Carterton, where we are to spend the next part of our trip. The train journey was extremely pleasant - we glanced out of the train window to see an array of spectacular ...

... of street names, turn left, turn right, sort of instructions. Not ours - "The motorway flows into Wellington and Oriental Bay is well signposted. The Copthorne Hotel is a large building on Oriental Parade near the Te Papa museum". All very Zen, eh? But ...

... gift made from the Kiwis most hated animal - the possum. After lunch, we got back on the road and headed back through Wellington towards Masterton. As we passed through the town, we decided to call in at the Copthorne Hotel to say a few goodbyes to our ...

... on the sun deck at level 10 most of the way. A beautiful run out through Queen Charlotte Sound to the open sea. As we approached Wellington, the skies darkened and the wind picked up to force 3 - 4. Ferry took a bit of time to dock bows to. Our cases ...

... of returning the valley as closely as possible to its pre-human state. Some of the fauna we got to see were the Wellington Green Gecko, Bellbird, Fantail, Kaka, various subpsecies of Shag, Tui, North Island Robin and Tuatara. Perhaps the most impressive ...

... a good place to swap drivers. From there is was just a couple of hours later and we were in the national capital, Wellington (named after Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington and victor of the Battle of Waterloo). After taking a little time to ...

... the tea and bun is welcome. From there we continue downwards on the 'City to Sea' walk which winds through the old Wellington cemetery. Because they blasted a motorway right through it in the 1960's, no-one is buried there now. The bodies were all moved ...

... though it was going to be a miserable day with all the rain - so much so that we considered missing out on our Wellington Rover Tour. Turned out to be a good move going because the day panned out quite well and the miserable weather actually contributed ...

Today we wandered down passed the waterfront and up Bunny Street to the political centre of the country. It was from there that we grabbed our first glimpses of the building known affectionately as the "Beehive" emerging from amongst the treeline. ...

... of one hand, another one jumped in the air, (about 1 foot) and grabbed the chip she was holding. Next was a short trip to Wellington.  Great city!  It reminds of of the Haight district in SF.  We searched long and hard for an ...

... dat ze toch gestart zijn met te zoeken. Hopen maar ! Rond het middaguur ben ik vanaf de luchthaven van Wellington vertrokken naar Auckland. Ondanks dat de luchthaven van Christchurch terug geopend is toch waren de gevolgen in Wellington airport nog te ...

... was nice. Even though it was raining heavily we decided to walk along the coastal walkway as we would be leaving for Wellington in the morning. We looked at the Wind Wand Sculpture and went to the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery which was interesting. We got ...

... the Canterbury Museum, which turns out to be an excellent museum.  Admission is by donation.  Having learned our lesson is Wellington we carefully limit how much time we allow ourselves in the museum.  The Botanical Gardens are next on Al's ...

Today we will be taking both a ferry and a train, a long day ahead.  Our hotel (the Copthorne Plimmer Towers) has a strange set up with a reception area on the same level as  the parkade instead of at ground level.  Our shuttle is late ...

... long way round, we know! ... but we just HAD to visit the Beatles' hometown).  We had a couple of hours there and enjoyed seeing the Walker Art Gallery, St George's Hall with its monuments, and a huge column with a statue of Wellington on top.  ...

... Einwohnern Neuseelands wohnen 1,3 Millionen in Auckland und zusammengerechnet über 50% in den Städten Auckland, Wellington und Christchurch.....Schafe (8 pro Einwohner) nicht mitgerechnet.... Die Wagenübernahme funktioniert reibungslos, die Fahrt zum ...

... did arrive, we took every opportunity to see as much as we could. Auckland is a beautiful city. New Zealand's most important city (Wellington is the Capital), it is knows as the "City of Sails" because of the many sailboats in its harbors. The city is ...