change of address
for years we kept hearing about this real estate boom and decided it was time to get in on the action – hope it’s not too late? after 2 1/2 years of looking and countless open houses (probably close to…
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the long way home
another in our series of long city walks, today we did the “go the distance” walk along the wellington harbour, and then extended it by walking the rest of the way home via the southern coast. 16.93 km (10.52 miles)…
big city, small town
with a population of almost 400,000 i have found wellington to have almost all the big city things i would want – arts, entertainment, sports, restaurants, shops, etc. but what i’m really happy about is the small town feel. most…
city to sea – aea ot ytic
today we completed the longest and most challenging of the wellington city walks – the city to sea. 19.8km (12.3 miles) along the western ridge line from parliament to the southern coast. except we did in reverse starting at our…
her majesty’s park
today we went for a tramp at queen elizabeth park along the western shore about a hour north of wellington. we didn’t see the queen – but i’m guessing that she’s a bit harder to spot in her tramping gear.…
south central park
not the south part of central park – but a southern central park. wellington has it’s own dog friendly small urban central park that has just been completed a rehab, so today we all went for a short tramp. gromit…
southern walkway
today was the first of our big city tramps – the southern walkway. 12km (75 miles) from island bay to oriental bay along the eastern ridge. out starting point is shortland park, in island bay next to the coast. the…
carnival!
today was the cuba street carnival. great slideshow by the dominion post photographer here. my humble photos below <click on the images below for mini movies>
once in a lifetime
tonight we went to an amazing david byrne concert. the show was fantastic – the music and the visuals were stunning, david’s voice was even better then his early days with the talking heads, the venue was great and our…
sevens
the flash gordons (there were 50 of them) were amazed at the real life superman policeman (almost 7 feet tall). i like the photo of the flash gordons getting some first aid and withdrawing some cash from the atm. i…