We've walked around on Mount Victoria several times--mostly for LOTR sites--but never really walked all the way to the top and to the observation deck there with its 360 view of the whole area. This time we did it.
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But first, lunch, not at this building, which turned out to be an
interestingly painted parking garage |
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But at the Mount Vic Chippery, ranked #1 among such
establishments; here, examples of their frites |
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| The menu |
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| And staff |
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And my lunch, with the kumara chips; Vicki had the pulled
pork |
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Just up the hill is the very old tram tunnel, under Mount Victoria,
which opened up the Miramar peninsula for development; now used
exclusively for buses |
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| Helpful map |
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| "Get off the road!" |
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| On a trail-side bench |
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Vicki points to the now nearly unrecognizable "Hobbit hide-out,"
where Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin hid from the Black Rider |
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| Thousands of Ring Waifs have since hid here, including us, in 2009 |
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| Look closely; Radagast stil frequents the place |
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| Looking across to Miramar, and Wellington's signature |
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| Beyond Miramar, the channel to Cook Strait |
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| Pano of City of Wellington |
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| From left to right |
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| Thus |
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| Harbor-side and harbor |
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| More of harbor |
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The tan building right of center is Te Papa; Greater Wellington,
including Lower and Upper Hutt and Porirau, has a population
just over half a million |
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| Airport to the left and Cook Strait |
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A ferry heads out toward Picton; it was a very windy day,
especially atop Mount Victoria |
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| Book Lovers B&B, near the start of the trail |
1 comment:
Sounds like my kind of B&B!
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