Virtual Sheep Shearing in Wellington
For the last few days we’ve been enjoying the sites and sounds of Wellington. We’ve left Maisie on the outskirts of the city, having a rest herself and are currently staying at the YHA. Wellington is lovely place, with the weather not as changeable as Auckland, although it lives up to it’s local name of ‘Windy Wellington’.
We’ve taken the chance to enjoy some retail therapy, probably the last of the trip, plus some of the cultural attractions of the city including the national museum called Te Papa. The highlight of this trip was Lea “forcing” me to have a go on the sheep shearing simulator (see picture below), although both Dad and Norman will be disappointed to hear that according to the machine I “shear like a townie”. My excuse was that obviously a real sheep would struggle but that seemed to freak the spectators out more than reassure them
I won’t embarass Lea by including pictures of her efforts on the water skiing simulator
We’re going to be in the North Island for another couple of days before catching a ferry across Cook Strait to the South Island. The next week or so holds the prospect of tramping and sea kayaking in a couple of the national parks in the north of the south island, plus a tour of New Zealands major wine producing area
More news and photos as we go on but for the time being here are a couple of shots of Wellington
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