Couple of days in Wellington
Trip Start
Aug 13, 2007
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Trip End
Dec 31, 2008
Wellington,
North Island,
New Zealand
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Tuesday was back to work for me and Graham. However, we both have flexible bosses, so managed to negotiate working 6hr days instead of 8hrs, so we could spend time in the afternoons with Joan & Donna. On Tuesday we drove to Miramar to visit the Weta Cave, a museum based on the Weta Studios. Weta Studios is owned in part by Peter Jackson, and responsible for the digital and animated effects in Lord of the Rings trilogy and other films. Unfortunately they don't do studio tours as such, but the museum has opened up recently. Best of all, it's free!
After we had looked round Weta Cave, we then went to Island Bay Empire Cinema to watch Wall E. Empire Cinema is a small cinema, with only 3 or 4 screens, but it has lovely, big and comfy seats, and you can take alcohol into the cinema, and sit there quite civilised with a glass of wine or a beer.
On Wednesday afternoon, we drove over the Rimutakas to the Wairarapa. It's a very windy and slow road! We went to Paua World to get some souvenirs, and then we had coffee and cake in our favourite cafe - Wild Oats in Carterton. On the way back, we stopped at the top of the Rimutakas. There is a cafe and parking spaces there so you can stop safely and get some good photos of the views.
On Thursday Joan & Donna left for Sydney so it was back to working a full 8hrs a day again.
Comments
Wall E
Think you forgot to mention that we were the only adults in the cinema without any kids!!!