Today we left the South Island and venture forth to the North.
We headed to the ferry terminal at 9:30am
We had a more leisurely morning, we boarded the ferry at around 10am.
View from the front of the ferry before we headed out
After about an hour out on the ferry we were leaving we head out of the bay that was out from Picton into the Cook Sound
The sound was a bit more of a moving Crossing. The waves splashed over our window several times which was quite impressive since we were a good 15-20 feet above sea level
After a fish and chips lunch with a dessert of a date scone and an hour of time, we entered the bay that would take us into Wellington New Zealand. The seas settled down a lot as we enter this bay
We entered the harbor after another hour of sailing making our crossing trip about three hours
After a tour then did a city drive through with a stop on Victoria Mountain, where we had a ten minute photo break. Her is the main commercial district from the lookout at the top
One of the other travels name is Bert and he has this guy with him. He has been in a couple of my other photos
On our drive around we drove by one of the sailboat harbors
Also on the way down the mountain we can see how steep the ground is
We had a hour stop at the museum, but as it was only about a 15 minute walk from their to our hotel and nothing on the schedule for tonight 23 told our driver we would stay longer and walk back to the hotel when we were ready
The first major area was about the nature of the islands
Included a lot of interesting displays. These are of things that are now either extinct or only found in New Zealand
Another of native New Zealand creatures
This is a bird that only went extinct about two hundred years ago. Between man hunting it and the larges eagle in the world (also now extinct) hunting it. It has disappeared. It was the largest bird in the world
Here are kiwi’s all five varieties
They also had this awesome Māori art
Dale and I were both very interested in the art and one tsp we could photograph
This canoe was so awesome to see
Here is what it looks like from the front. They had a huge room with some Māori building in it, but signs said no photos, so I was a good visitor and obeyed the rules, even though it was hard as I would loved to have shared them with you all.
Babs posed on a canon from Capt. Cooks ship. We did not see the don’t touch sign until after I had taken the picture, sorry
This is a replica of the heart (actual size) of a blue whale, the largest mammal on earth.
These are birds of New Zealand. The huge one at the top is an albatross
This is a piece of green stone, jade
This squid is going in the deep crevice that runs on the east pacific side of New Zealand
I am not fond of the size of these insects ground here in New Zealand
After the museum, we walked along the harbor for a ways
They have some interesting sculptures along the harbor
I am not even sure what this was, but it looked interesting. I think it is part of some festival they looked to be like they were setting up
I got a closer look at some of the down town as we left the harbor heading for our hotel
We used this walkway over the harbor road to cross over to the town area
On our way back we decided to stop at this place for some Asian food
This building was once the bank of New Zealand, now it is a shopping center
As we ended our evening out we pasted this statue on our way down this alleyway to our hotel. Good night for now
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