Walking in Wellington

No Wellingtons needed today!
After a substantial buffet breakfast at our hotel, we headed off to the3 railway station to see if we could see any trains (and to buy some water at the station supermarket)

We then walked up to the "Beehive" (Parliament building) but were too early for a tour, which start later on a Sunday.

Next stop was the cable car to the Botanical gardens.  Bettine would really love it.
a fantastic display of roses and an even more stunning display of begonias.

Lots of pictures on the web album (together with a picture of a yellow Wellington bus for Margaret)
The gardens were on a steep slope and if we had realised that we would not have had to walk all the way back up to get the cable car down into town again!
Afterwards we walked along the sea front to the cool of the Te Papa National Museum, where we stayed for about two hours and probably saw about 10%.
back to the Hotel to empty the car, pack everything into cases ready for our ferry trip tomorrow and a new car at the other end.
 South Island here we come!