Wellington's waterfront offers a day packed with action and adventure for family aged from 7 to 70. Soon we were racing kids on bikes, skateboards, roller skates and scooters in our cool croc-mobile. We reached Te Papa New Zealand's massive modern national museum after several minutes, ready for a journey on the "High Ride." This is an exhilarating virtual reality ride simulating the thrills and excitement of many of New Zealand's famous extreme activities. We soared through the air on a hang glider, bungee jumped from a high tower and slid effortlessly down grassy hills from the comfort of our armchair.
There are many great sights to see in Wellington, which I have described on the Tripsketch website. Yesterday we lunched at the newly restored Maranui surf club restaurant, on Lyall Bay Beach. From this cool retro spot decked out in surf club memorabilia, you can watch surfers as they ride the waves - even join them yourself! Check out the website, this is a real surf club and click on the cafe tab to the right for groovey cafe pics.
King Kong, Lord of the Rings and Hobbit Locations
Try a Movie Tour of the locations where these famous movies were made. I stared at the overgrown industrial wasteland Tour leader Ted showed me in amazement. There's no way the skyscrapers crowding New York's cityscape in the King Kong movie could have squeezed into that tiny site. But Ted assured me this definitely was the location where King Kong's New York scenes were filmed. He revealed how the movie magicians conjured their miracles at other locations like Skull Island, Lord of the Rings' Rivendell and Minas Tirith. I was entranced.
Martinborough and Kapiti Island
Close to Wellington are Martinborough gourmet food and wine destination and Kapiti Island Bird Sanctuary. See my article below about Martinborough and previous blog post about Kapiti.
Next blog will cover other destinations close to Wellington. All material copyright to Leeanne Templer and full articles available on request.
Enjoyed the post and the croc
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the blogosphere! I've added your blog to my RSS reader and look forward to future travel reports. In the meantime, be sure to stop by Minerva. in Cuba Street mall to grab a copy of Twelve by Twelve: The International Art Quilt Challenge.
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