Wellington!

Wow! Here at last! This is our 4th trip to NZ and the first time I have been able to negotiate a stay here. To be fair, we had planned for half a day three years ago but the ferry was 4 hrs late leaving Picton so that scuppered our plans. We are staying in the motorhome park on the waterfront. Essentially this is a car park with toilet and shower facilities and power and water to vans. However it is a very central location so that is the reason we booked it. We drove the 255km from Waverley Beach this morning, stopping in Foxton for essentials, like the dump station, coffee and supermarket ; however Levin a few miles further on may have had a better offer.
This afternoon we walked to the Te Papa museum and spent most of the afternoon there. After 4 visits we find we know quite a lot about NZ history, flora, fauna etc, but this museum was still well worth a visit. Lots for children to see and do too .... and plenty of places for 'oldies' to sit ;)
Just enjoying a G&T whilst writing this them we plan to go and look for some 'fush and chups' ;)
Having only seen three Wilderness vans in the whole of North Island, there are now three of us in this park.... including one of the super duper Escapes! Had a look inside it, it's very swish !
More exploring of Wellington to do tomorrow, the cable car and the botanic gardens are on the list, plus a bit of shopping maybe ;)