Saturday, March 31, 2012

Walking around Wellington

Kia Ora! During my weekends in Wellington, I try to spend at least one day on the weekend walking around Wellington.  There are always lots of Markets and Festivals happening and sources of entertainment.  Here are a collection of the sights around Wellington...

Pub @ the corner of Taranaki Street & Courtney Place

Courtney Place - Restaurants, Bars, Lounges and Cinema

Te Aro Park - the place for bird baths

Te Aro Park Mural - Diane Prince

The Opera House Theatre
Famous Cuba Street, the Bohemian part of Wellington
Water feature in Cuba Street

Childrens playground in Cuba Street

Top end of Cuba Street

Iconic Wellington Signs - Cuba

Iconic National Bank of New Zealand Building - resident : Burger King

Street Grafitti - Cuba

Lower Cuba Street

Wellington Town Hall Building

Civic Square - boundary between the Financial district to the north and the Entertainment district to the south


City to Sea Bridge

Traditional Rowing at The Lagoon

The Boatshed

Albatross Sculpture - Tanya Ashken

Childrens playground at Frank Kitts Park

Frank Kitts Park


Sails at Jervois Quay

Wharf Offices - Harbour Board - New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts



The Bond Store - Museum of Wellington City & Sea


Peugeot Type 54 'Bebe'



I don't think there is a next time

Memory Chain - very touching

The Game of Death - great idea for a Board Game





By the Sea we Live


Paddy the Wanderer

Shed 11 - Custom House Quay

Guess what's inside these?

Public Toilets

New Zealand Portrait Gallery

Queens Wharf



The Len Lye Water Whirler

Splashing around the Water Whirler

The Old Ferry Building 1912

Law School - Te Kura Tatai Ture

Wellington Post Boxes

The Beehive

Parliament House

The Parliamentary Library


Lambton Quay - heart of the central Business District in Wellington

Lambton Quay

Lambton Quay

Lambton Quay

Man and a Dog scultpure @ Plimmer Steps

Old Bank Shopping Arcade

Free Outdoor Circus Cabaret

Juggler - very entertaining

Acrobats


Most entertaining


Wellington Railway Station frontage - Metlink Regional Rail

Mahatma Gandhi - "We must become the change we want to see"

HMNZS Resolution - docked at Wharfs Quay
King's Wharf

Views across Oriental Bay from King's Wharf






Circa Theatre - Wellington's largest professional theatre

Circa Theatre front entrance

Peninsular Play - story about 4 kids growing up in the 60's - hilarious show, thoroughly enjoyable
Thanks for visiting,
Sue.

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