Yet again, updating a day late!
The ship was docked in Wellington, right beside Westpac Stadium, quite close to downtown Wellington.
Today I went on a shore excursion called Exploring Windy Wellington. Basically they took us out in these little 4WD minivans, up to New Zealand's biggest wind farm - I think they said it has 68 wind turbines and could power Wellington by itself:
Lots of steep windy roads- not much more than gravel tracks at the end - but once we got up there the views were spectacular. We also went down to a beach and saw some seals and an old lighthouse.
The Leaning Lighthouse was built back in the early 1900s and it took three years even though it's not particularly large. They had to carry the cement out in rowboats! It was really important though because there were numerous shipwrecks on this part of the coast, including the SS Penguin which was New Zealand's worst ever shipwreck.
Paul didn't come on this tour, but he did go for a walk downtown. We've agreed we'd like to come back here and spend some more time - there's a lot to see and do here.
Now, it's off to Akaroa
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