We sadly farewelled beautiful New Zealand at 6 am on Friday morning, Wellington time (3 am Brisbane, Australia time). Wellington was everything we have come to love about New Zealand — gorgeous, athletic, and interesting weather.
We had a great few days in Windy Wellington, as it is known by the locals. Chicago winds have nothing on this town, but it treated us well with only one night of really powerful winds (luckily at our backs to push us quickly back to our hotel after dinner). We would highly recommend a visit to this lovely city (where the female mayor rides her bike out to the airport to meet Hillary C for a visit!) and hope to get back ourselves sometime.
As you’ll see below, we stayed busy riding cable cars, climbing mountains, visiting gardens and museums (still free entry! — and the national museum Te Papa and the Museum of Wellington rocked!), and visiting the local wine region where we talked with the manager of one winery who used to live in New Plymouth and another one from Oregon.
We are now getting acquainted with warm Brisbane (30 degrees tomorrow or 86 for us yanks) and having some issues getting consistent access to free wifi, so I’ll let the photos of Wellington speak for themselves . . .
Peckish Travels 