"Couple of days in Wellington" Shonandgraham’s photos around Wellington, New Zealand

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Wellington, New Zealand by TravelPod blogger Shonandgraham titled "Couple of days in Wellington" Shonandgraham’s travel blog entry: "On the Monday evening, once we had unpacked from the long weekend, the weather was still nice, so we decided to take Joan and Donna up to Mount Victoria, via the coastal road. On a clear day, you can see the South Island from the coast, and it was one of those days. Tuesday was back to work for me and Graham. However, we both have flexible bosses, so managed to negotiate working 6hr days instead of 8hrs, so we could spend time in the afternoons with Joan & Donna. On Tuesday we drove to Miramar to visit the Weta Cave, a museum based on the Weta Studios. Weta Studios is owned in part by Peter Jackson, and responsible for the digital and animated effects in Lord of the Rings trilogy and other films. Unfortunately they don't do studio tours as such, but the museum has opened up recently. Best of all, it's free! After we had looked round Weta Cave, we then went to Island Bay Empire Cinema to watch Wall E. Empire Cinema is a small cinema, with only 3 or 4 screens, but it has lovely, big and comfy seats, and you can take alcohol into the cinema, and sit there quite civilised with a glass of wine or a beer. On Wednesday afternoon, we drove over the Rimutakas to the Wairarapa. It's a very windy and slow road! We went to Paua World to get some souvenirs, and then we had coffee and cake in our ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 1m 28s Date Found: Mon, Mar 07 2011 1:19 PM Category: Travel Date Produced: Sun, Mar 06 2011 9:25 PM View Count: 0