Request for Info/Places to visit in Wellington - Jan 2024

[sparky]

Wellington Botanic Gardens

[Canes4life]

@Victor-Meldrew the following website has everything you need to know about Welly. https://www.wellingtonnz.com/

[voodoo]

May I suggest a day trip to Palmerston North?

[Victor Meldrew]

@voodoo said in Request for Info/Places to visit in Wellington - Jan 2024:

May I suggest a day trip to Palmerston North?

A visit to John Clarke's birthplace disguised as a cultural extravaganza?

[voodoo]

@Victor-Meldrew Indeed. A must-see

[voodoo]

If that Anzac exhibition is still on at Te Papa, that’s a must. It’s as good as anything I’ve ever seen I reckon. The quality of the sculptures, the stories told. Spine-tingling stuff

[canefan]

@MN5 said in Request for Info/Places to visit in Wellington - Jan 2024:

Usual tourist spots like Te Papa, Weta Workshop, Cable Car etc are good. A trip to Eastbourne ( there is a statue of @Bones there ), Oriental Bay plus an absolute litany of cafes/bars etc.

Tell her to watch out for homeless in town ( seriously, the amount of ferals sitting outside shops is getting ridiculous )

The Thunderbird exhibition at Weta was excellent

[MN5]

@voodoo said in Request for Info/Places to visit in Wellington - Jan 2024:

May I suggest a day trip to Palmerston North?

Upvote for making me laugh at the utter ridiculousness of this suggestion

[nzzp]

Surprisingly, Zealandia was very very good and quite unique. Would recommend. I wasn't keen to go and thoroughly enjoyed the trip - it's a neat wee pocket of regenerating native bush with a lot of wildlife

[Nepia]

I'd recommend the City and Sea museum - great for the history of the area.

[Smudge]

There's a cute little coffee shop called Mojo. Pretty sure it's tucked away down an alley in town somewhere so might be hard to find.

Wait, sorry, no, I stand corrected. There's 15 of them in Wellington.

[canefan]

Panhead and garage project have bars where you can drink their beer if you are that way inclined

[voodoo]

Apparently the Featherstone does a decent feed of cheerios and you can drink and punt while you eat them.

I say apparently because I don’t eat those disgusting things, but I know some cretins who do

[mikey07]

@Smudge I was going to post that there everywhere in town.

[Smudge]

@voodoo said in Request for Info/Places to visit in Wellington - Jan 2024:

Apparently the Featherstone does a decent feed of cheerios and you can drink and punt while you eat them.

I say apparently because I don’t eat those disgusting things, but I know some cretins who do

I feel seen.

[Bones]

@MN5 said in Request for Info/Places to visit in Wellington - Jan 2024:

there is a statue of @Bones there

It's a mural ya mong.

[Bones]

@Chris-B said in Request for Info/Places to visit in Wellington - Jan 2024:

From Eastbourne - the walk to Pencarrow lighthouse is a nice outing on a fine day. As is the walk around Redrocks.

Good call, although if time is an issue, I'd suggest a walk to butterfly creek might be better time spent - wicked views and if new to NZ she get a smile out of being followed around by piwakawaka. If not unfit, you could do both on the same day, then top it off with a bomb off day's bay wharf followed by some hot chips and a latte at the pavilion.

[Bones]

Oh yeah she could always pop to the rugby club if she wants to check out my mural.

[Bones]

Maronui for brunch, next to the airport so handy if flying.

Home | Maranui Cafe

[Bones]

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g255115-d592216-Reviews-Butterfly_Creek-Wellington_Greater_Wellington_North_Island.html