Wellington Sunday

Today was the return of the car day. The SAT NAV guided us well to the Hertz office in the industrial section of town, but did not show petrol pumps. From the off ice we went in search of fuel. It was 'Around the Bays Day' and somehow we got involved in heavy traffic leading to the motorway tunnel. I don't think that our manoevre was really a u-turn on the motorway, but once more the SAT NAV got us back to the office and a final search for fuel.

Once out of the car and on foot Wellington is much easier to navigate. Once down the road away from the office we were back on the quay side and everything was recognisable. We made our way to the Te Papa (Our Place) Museum. This took us passed a bright outdoor Sunday market.


Te Papa is a very modern museum. There is much hands-on for children and the usual story of the country and the Maori culture.


We were there for the first day of the Monet exhibition. It was not over busy. There were complaints in the media that such exhibitions only come to Wellington. But, after all, Wellington is the country's capitol.

The city is very arty. There are clever, carved messages hidden around, boys diving into 'wells' in the quay side decking and even youths spraying grafitti (?)


Before going in for lunch I took a photo of our Lambton Court Apartments.

Before ending our day we went for a last visit to the quay; photographing such things as model boats, Scottish performers and the stock exchange.


We needed an early night ready for an early start on the Scenic Overlander in the morning.