Wellington, Day 2: nature time.

Finally, we slept past 7am! Acclimation: check.

Had a quick breakfast and headed to the bus stop to find Island Bay. Jill ran across this walk along the coast, just 5 miles south of the city, in her guidebook and even with overcast skies it really delivered.

looks hobbity to me

red rock reward

from whence we came

lazy afternoon nap

master of the house, doling out the charm

The sun came out while we had lunch at The Bach Cafe and we took our time getting back to the bus.

best post-hike beverage evah

sea blue sea

Back in town we rode the cable car up to the Botanic Gardens, a huge layout featuring beautiful flowers, a peaceful bush walk, cool statues and other artsy things... And a boot camp and rugby match, because it is New Zealand after all.

human sundial demonstration

It turned out to be a really lovely day, and there were some nice views of the city from the gardens.

Wellington from above

Had dinner in and packed up for the ferry ride to Picton. After four days here, I am starting to see why people say the South Island is the place to be...