wellington #5 (a week ago)

This is our last day in Wellington. Just wanted to mention that we concluded our coastal excursion yesterday in Porirua by which time it had gotten hot. Or at least it had gotten seemslike hot. 

We walked to the gallery and it was seemed hot. Here are the gallery reviews:

Above is the only thing in the gallery (which is also the Porirua museum) that acknowledges Porirua's status as a 'new town', or whatever it is (there seems to be great reluctance to label it as such generally). 

In the evening we went to Thorndon for our dinner which was special. These buildings are just incredible. Just incredible.  

This morning I went out to get coffee and it was bright. I am not sure if I will have more to tell you about Wellington, I may, we still have a few more hours here, but if our plane crashes into the ocean I won't get to discuss it with you, sorry if so. 

So much to my surprise no plane crash into the ocean but the plane was very late to take off, not for the usual Qantasishopeless reason but because of a 'security breach' which meant that once on the plane (and already running late) we had to all file off, and go through security a second time. Pretty ridiculous. But we got back obviously and everything was fine obviously. 

Love NZ! Would go back there anytime. Amazing country. 

wellington #4 or whatever I'm up to - a week ago

 Today we took the train. To Waikanae, which is the northernmost town on the Wellington Metlink line. 

In the gallery. Children's art. 

A closed restaurant. I mean, it was closed at that moment. I just liked the plastic over the tablecloths. 

Oh, it's the gallery again. A mid-19th century Noah's ark set. 

Prick on a plate. 

Also in the local Salvos. This book appears to be political satire, or maybe just general satire, its relevance long, long, lost. Good title though. 

I don't know why I thought it was worth taking this picture. Well yeah I do I just thought you couldn't do this now because NZ has a real king. Probably why the owner of this picture gave it to the Salvos. Which by the way is at Paraparaumu.

Nice dog interested in having a stick thrown. Plimmerton.

This crazy shit also at Plimmerton where some talented person has relayed some snappy quotes in bits of brick up and down the beach property walls. S/he couldn't have owned all the properties but it doesn't act like some kind of public art, so who really knows what was going on there. 

Then we went to Porirua...