Victoria Motor Lodge Wellington

... views of the city but no opportunities for photo stops. The sea is choppy as it is very windy. We check into the Victoria Court Motor Lodge which is fairly central. We had only booked it online this morning but it is now full. We walk down ...

... accomodations in Wellington.  While they did find us "something," it more closely resembled an army barrack or prison cell than a motor lodge.  But, I guess a bed that sinks in 2 feet and smells is better than nothing, right?  On the ...

... central motel (not cheap though, accomodation doesn't seem to be around here) and we took off around the streets of central Wellington. Pretty soon I started to get suspicious about the number of Irish rugby jerseys passing us on the street and then I ...

... are the same as our lobsters only minus the claws.. A very tasty meal was had by all! Thursday 19th February Kaikoura to Wellington Left Kaikoura at 9.30 and drove back up the coast through Blenheim to Picton, where we had a snack whilst waiting for ...

The weather is still quite cool, so we kick off with a walk along the picturesque waterfront. There is a floating crane built on the Clyde in 1926. We spend a lot of the day in Te Papa, a museum of New Zealand. Good art displays and interesting accounts ...

... however, there was a small matter of some sort of wedding going on back home?  Mel had phoned ahead and told the campsite/motor lodge that she was booking the telly in advance, but we got there nice and early so we could bag our place and channel! ...