Wellington's a great walking town, especially near the harbor, where it's flat. Beyond that, it's even more hilly than San Francisco. To get the great harbor views, we always take the cable car, stop at the cable car museum and watch all the old cable car and funicular videos, and then walk down through the city's botanical garden.
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Since 2018, they've installed new tunnel lighting...hoping
for a 2001: A Space Odyssey effect, I guess |
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An Interislander ferry crosses the harbor...we wonder whether this was
the Kaitaki, which subsequently lost power in the Marlborough Straits
and drifted for a mile, issuing a mayday call before finally being
rescued...just before the tropical cyclone... |
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We are probably the only people that have even watched all five
films; every visit... |
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As the diorama celebrates, Wellington is a town with
some 400 privately-owned funiculars... |
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| Helpful model #4,306 |
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| Ritual harbor view selfie, 2023 |
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| Inland environs |
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| Still bloomin' |
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Pohutukawa forest, all planted in the 19th century...they are not native
this far south...see below |
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| Click to enlarge for important historical background |
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| Another forest |
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| Hydrangeas going strong |
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| A specimen kauri |
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| Really big aloes |
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| Not rhododendron |
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| Special artsy-fartsy... |
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| Now off the hill, in the flower garden section |
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| Roses, of course |
1 comment:
Artsy-fartsy photo was great!
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