Wellington city on a good day.

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. Based at the most southerly tip of the North Island it is not the largest city in the country, but the seat of government, and set in beautiful scenery.

    Some years ago someone had the brains to write a song about Wellington on a good day.  

The trouble is, there are not that many good days in a year. When Wellington weather is good, it is fabulous, but at other times a howling southerly roars through and its almost impossible to stand on your feet. I have landed and taken off from Wellington airport a few times, the hairiest time was one winter night, about eight pm, in a little plane seating about 30 people, where the small planes wings were tied down to the concrete tarmac until we were ready to take off.

A temperature of six degrees during the day in winter is fairly common. It rains, and blows and snows occasionally, and the surrounding ranges have snow during the winter.

The airport in Wellington is one of those that is used to train pilots. I reckon that if you can land and take off in Wellington you can fly anywhere in the world, including Antarctica. 

Wellington is quite an old city. When we lived there we thought it the epitome of modernity, large, bustling, and very hard to drive around. This trip we found it small, older looking and easy to drive around.  Just goes to show that your mindset changes depending on where you live. 

 Here are some pictures I took of the city centre and just outside the CBD.

 There are two Parliament Buildings, the old one and the new one. The new one, now quite old, is fondly called 'The Beehive' due to its shape.