New Zealand Roadtrip: Downtown Wellington - Lunch - Cuba Street, Cuba Quarter
Wellington North Island, New Zealand Travel Period: May 2018 Cuba Street in downtown Wellington.
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New Zealand Roadtrip: Henley Lake and Victorian Houses in Wellington
Henley Park, Masterton Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand Travel Period: May 2018 We saw Henley Lake Park as we reach Masterton and thought we would do a quick stop to stretch our legs. We are on our way to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. After spending a cold night on the coast in Castlepoint in our campervan and waking up to one of the most beautiful places in the country and relishing every bit of our time spent there, it was time to be back on the road again.
Postcards from Windy Wellington (New Zealand)
Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. It is also the windiest capital or city that I have ever been to. It can get pretty windy here in the Netherlands but nothing beats the wind in Wellington. The Northerly and Southerly winds are funneled through the passage on Cook straight slapping Wellingtonians with approximately 100 km/ph winds, which have become quite normal to the locals. Newbies faced with these winds tend to run and shelter themselves but Wellingtonians just see it as another breath of fresh air. In the south of France, they have a name for a similar strong wind, the Mistral. In Wellington, they just call it the Northerly or the Southerly. The city is also quite small, smaller than its northern sister, Auckland. I have earlier mentioned in my previous Auckland postcard picture entry that Auckland has a small city feel to it. Wellington, on the other hand, much smaller, has a town city feel to it. So just a few pictures of this windy capital for now. In ...