We had great fun in Wellington!
We visited with Sarah and Hunter and their two children, Isla and Russell. We had a delicious meal (which included fujioa fruit for dessert) and a nice visit.
The following day, we took the tram up the hill to the Botanical Gardens and walked through, enjoying the playground and gorgeous flowers. We ended up in the rose garden where we had a lovely meal outside and played hide and seek among the flowers.
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| Found blue flowers! |
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Roses have funny names!
E.g. April Moon, Bubble Bath, Iceberg |
We headed back to the Te papa Museum and enjoyed climbing in the heart of a blue whale, visiting an aboriginal meeting hall, wandering through the special war exhibit with huge statues of real people with their stories. The kids played in a lighthouse that had a huge long slide.
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| In a Thunderbird aircraft |
We went to the Weta Workshop. James and Suzanne went a tour of Lord of Rings sets and costumes and stages. The rest of us went for a tour of the miniature sets of Thunderbirds. Hannah was a handful and Allison and Lucy didn't know the show so it wasn't too engaging for them. I thought the detail was pretty neat and what they used to make the sets was really inventive. At one point we had to identify the lemon squeezers used on each of the space craft.
James and I went out to a movie in the evening which was shown in an old theatre. It was a gorgeous building! Red carpet, chandeliers, a bar on the top floor, comfy seats, intricate ceilings and long red curtains. Best movie experience I've ever had. They were advertising "Beauty and the Beast" with a rose display.
At the airport was the giant dragon, Smaug, from The Hobbit. It would occasionally open one eye to look at you, which delighted the kids. Hannah would sneak quietly on tip toe up to the dragon, wait for the eye to open, and then run yelling back to us. Allison and Lucy did the same thing (although Hannah continued doing it over and over for much longer).
It was a great finish for our trip to New Zealand. Back to Australia we go!
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| Walking in Wellington |
We visited with Sarah and Hunter and their two children, Isla and Russell. We had a delicious meal (which included fujioa fruit for dessert) and a nice visit.
James and I went out to a movie in the evening which was shown in an old theatre. It was a gorgeous building! Red carpet, chandeliers, a bar on the top floor, comfy seats, intricate ceilings and long red curtains. Best movie experience I've ever had. They were advertising "Beauty and the Beast" with a rose display.
At the airport was the giant dragon, Smaug, from The Hobbit. It would occasionally open one eye to look at you, which delighted the kids. Hannah would sneak quietly on tip toe up to the dragon, wait for the eye to open, and then run yelling back to us. Allison and Lucy did the same thing (although Hannah continued doing it over and over for much longer).
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