My last day in Wellington
On the last day of my recent visit to Wellington, my friend Nicola drove me to a hilltop suburb called Kelburn. On the drive up I saw parts of the Botanical Gardens and the hillside terraced houses of the suburb. I really wanted to walk through the gardens but I didn’t have enough time unfortunately.
At the top of the hill at Kelburn is the Wellington Cable Car which takes about five minutes into the city. It’s been running for many years and takes about five minutes from the top of the hill to reach the city. Many of the residents of Kelburn use this mode of transport to get to and from the city every day.
We then went for a drive out of Wellington and upon our return to the city we stopped off at a lovely waterfront pub. We were lucky on two accounts, firstly the weather was lovely and secondly there was a vacant table outside overlooking the boats and water.
We sat around for about an hour enjoying a glass of New Zealand white wine and Nic ordered some fresh bread with flavoured olive oils and a little bowl of olives. The menu had lots of good snacks but I knew I would be eating on the plane as I had pre-ordered a vegetarian meal, so didn’t order anything else.
Then it was time to freshen up before my three hour return flight to Canberra. It’s great that it’s a direct flight from Wellington; so much easier than having to stop off at either Sydney or Melbourne. We dropped into my friend’s city apartment and then head off to the airport. This apartment was stunning with magnificent views of the water.
Not sure when I will get back to Wellington but I do know that I would love to visit New Zealand’s other major city; Auckland. Maybe next year!!
Little Miss Traveller said:
Wellington looks really lovely. I haven’t been there but one year we flew into Auckland and rented a car and visited the beautiful Bay of Islands for a few days, then it was off to the Coromandel Peninsula, Rotorua and Lake Taupo before spending the remaining days in Auckland. I’d like to visit South Island sometime, too !
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fumblingthroughitaly said:
Sounds like you had a nice, relaxing trip 🙂
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Lignum Draco said:
Sounds like another good trip. It looks like a beautiful city. The glass of wine shot seems typically you. 🙂
Now, did you really pass on quality food in favour of airline food???
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carentaylor said:
Some amazing pictures Sue!! How fab to take that cable car to work everyday with such a view?!! Hope you get to explore some more very soon 😉
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vinneve said:
Windy Welly!! Beautiful weather and nature. Yes please come to Auckland next time 🙂
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kokodynia said:
It seems like it is very beautiful, calm and peaceful place on Earth! Such a lovely wild nature and water 🙂
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sileas said:
There’s hardly anything better than enjoying such lovely views with a good glass of wine 🙂
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Wow you have been to quite a few places Marion. Well done such a great traveller.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thank you very much. Yes it definitely was relaxing.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Really good point you make. Ha ha. I think I just didn’t want to overload and I was fortunate enough to fly Business so knew the meal would be good.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thanks Caren.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thanks Vinneve. I really must visit.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thank you very much for stopping by. You are right it certainly is calm and peaceful.
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Amy said:
What an enjoyable trip, Sue! Blue sky and white clouds, I love these photos. 🙂
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thanks Amy. That’s a lovely compliment coming from you as you take such fabulous photos.
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Amy said:
Appreciate your compliment, Sue!
Happy weekend 🙂
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twobrownfeet said:
Gorgeous pics, Sue! NZ is on our list for ages. 🙂
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Well hope you make it there as it really is lovely. Thank you for the compliment.
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Tiffany Belle Harper said:
You really do have a free spirit. It’s brilliant. A fellow light worker. Great blog. Thank You! 🙂
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Lovely compliment. Thank you very much.
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Tiffany Belle Harper said:
🙂
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Untraveled Routes said:
Could you believe for last two days I have been doing lot of research on Wellington, we were evaluating job opportunities there! Your posts about Wellington makes it all the more tempting ☺️☺️
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Oh I am really pleased my posts have afforded you the opportunity to see what Wellington is like. Funny how things turn out. I really liked it there. I think I could live there.
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Untraveled Routes said:
Oh yeah! It’s like the energies of the universe talking😀😀 how I wish I could relocate there too…. But aren’t job opportunities very limited?
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
I am not really sure but a friend of mine just relocated there but he was working with the same company in Australia so guess that is different.
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intrepid8 said:
Its beautiful.
Thank you for sharing these.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thank you very much.
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