We left the sleepy forest of Rimutaka clutching the directions of the Mechanic and set off to a place that sounded like Whynooie.
The van purred to the Mechanic who kindly had a look at it for free, and gave us the all clear. We had a good chat with Shane who worked next door, a keen kayaker who has circumnavigated Australia and then set off up the monstrous hill from Lower Hutt to Wellington.
Driving down the other side to Wellington we both sighed with relief, and looked forward to getting back to civilisation. As we only had the one day in the city we packed in the sights including a walking city tour to the Parliment buildings, the shopping district and Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa. Wow, what an incredible, insightful and educational place which was completely free. I left feeling much more educated on everything New Zealand. A must for all visitors.
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| The Colossal Squid exhibited only at Te Papa, Wellington! |
Later in the afternoon we took the iconic cable car to the summit of Mt Victoria to enjoy the lookout before dinner at Thunderbird's cafe - an earthy authentic cafe bar with live blues music.
Burgers, beers, blues and some quite spicy sauce.
We finished the evening with a stroll through the night market and ate a Hungarian tunnel cake for pudding.
Thank you Wellington a perfect day to finish our tour of the North Island.
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