We've met our Waterloo

Hi All

It’s great to have the sun on ones back for a few days and this is what we have had leaving Nelson on Friday. We entered into Picton for our transfer to Wellington (North Island) and it was a glorious day – a millpool for the crossing and the sun beating down – same today (Sunday) as we walked around Wellington the country’s capital. Picton was a very quaint seaside town and we wished we had more time there. They had developed a great waterside park for the family – and it was great to lay in the sun and have a ‘picnic meal’ before we went on the boat.

Picnic at Picton

Today in Wellington we have done the Wellington Heights by tram as the picture shows and then walked around the botanical gardens looking at the herbaceous borders which were still in great bloom.

The Tram

Later this afternoon we took a habour cruise for an hour and I enjoyed just lying out in the sun and soaking up its rays. Wellington looks like a typical British moderate seaside town with a centre of skyscrapers for NZ Headquarters of major banks and commercial enterprises. Looked quite odd as the HQ’s were all clumped together as I think the photograph indicates.

Wellington Centre from the Cruiser !!

Tomorrow we are off to Rotorura the land of the geysers and boiling mud pools so hopefully we will get some interesting photographs then….not too worry Sue too .... much but apparently New Zealand is expecting the eruption of a volcano soon – anytime in the next 1000 years but fingers crossed mother nature does not chose Wednesday as the date for it !!

Cheers to all our readers and we will be in touch later in the week.

Ian and Sue