Nestled in the heart of the commercial center of Wellington, not far from New Zealand’s parliament buildings, is an old church with a lot of history. Old St Paul’s is plain from the outside, a white building and dark spire, set in a large section and surrounded by...
Anyone who is interested in movie special effects will have heard about the award-winning Weta Studios. They’ve been involved with many movies and TV shows including the Lord of the Rings movies, King Kong, Avatar to mention a few and more recently Thunderbirds. Weta...
My post today comes to you from the Beehive in Wellington. This is the affectionate name we New Zealanders call our parliament buildings because of its shape. The Beehive is the round building and the one on the right is Parliament House. Beehive Info: 1. The building...
We’ve visited Wellington several times and Zealandia before.(formerly known as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary) Last time our visit was during the winter and since we both really wanted to see a tuatara, we decided to try our luck again. Zealandia is an inland island –...
I've always liked water lillies, which is probably why I'm a fan of Claude Monet. I adore his water lily paintings. A few years ago hubby and I purchased a single water lily. It's never grown very well until last year when it had two flowers. A few months ago hubby...
I took this photo at Wellington Zoo a few weeks ago. I can stand and watch the merkats for hours. They're so cute and feisty. Seeing them standing upright and on guard never fails to make me smile. To see more animal photos visit Camera Critters
I took this shot of a sun bear at Wellington Zoo. They're called sun bears because of the creamy round sun shape on their upper chest. (You can't see it in this shot) They come from the Southern Asia region. Visit Camera Critters to see more animal photos.
After our memorable Cook Strait crossing, we didn’t have much time to have lunch. We grabbed a Subway sandwich each and ate them on the way to our first stop on the wine tour. There were thirteen of us, and we managed to cover a lot of the world with passengers from...
During our recent trip to Wellington, we decided we’d like to catch the Interislander ferry across the Cook Strait to Picton. We wanted to see a few of the sights instead of hanging around the city for the entire weekend. The weather wasn’t too good with lots of wind...
