Life in Wellington, New Zealand, photos, and dogs

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Wellington & NZ

The wrong track

Darn it! For ages now I’ve been under the clear impression that the flat park area at the top of Marjoribanks Street on Mt Victoria in Wellington was an official dog park. Today though, when I studied the City Council’s map of exercise areas I realised that I was wrong. Area #30: Charles Plimmer Park [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Pets 20 October 2008

There’s always an edge – sharp and precarious

Derek Miller wrote something about Vancouver that jogged my memory: Vancouver is a substantial city, but we have always been a city at the edge. To the west lies Georgia Straight, then the Pacific Ocean. To the east and north, craggy and glaciated mountains as rough as anywhere. Indian Arm makes sure we don’t forget [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Wellington & NZ 13 September 2008 2 comments

The $5 Sir Ed in the window

I’m not so commonly wandering around downtown in the evenings, but on Friday it was around 7.45 pm when I stood at the corner of The Terrace and Bowen Street, with The Beehive behind me. I glanced across to the Reserve Bank over the road and was struck by the display of the New Zealand [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Wellington & NZ 31 August 2008

The blot becomes a monstrosity

An update on the ugly new building on Lookout Road that I wrote about the other day in Shameful new building destroys vista from Lookout Road. Yesterday I took the dogs for a walk in the rain, and we passed by the building. I grabbed a few photos in the rain. As usual, click the [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Wellington & NZ 28 July 2008

Shameful new building destroys vista from Lookout Road

Up at the top of Mt Victoria in Wellington are the Reservoir, the old Lookout, the new Lookout, the Byrd Memorial, the trig station, the castellated building bristling with communications antennae, and a load of tracks suitable for walking and cycling. It’s a beautiful and scenic area with gorgeous views all around from the road [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Wellington & NZ 21 July 2008 2 comments

Wellington Bus survey

The other day I caught a bus home from the Town Hall. It’s about a 10 minute car ride — maybe 3 Km. Since I have to go to the top of Mt Victoria, it’s about 45 minutes walk. I chose to catch the bus. I left the workshop I was attending a little early [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Wellington & NZ 9 July 2008

Dog exercise lighting petition in Wellington

These winter days are tricky: being dark from around 5.30 pm to about 7 am it’s hard to fit dog walking into daylight hours. Luckily I’m able to walk the dogs in the late afternoon, but many people have to choose darkness or no walk. Although there are many official exercise areas around town, and [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Pets 17 June 2008

Less smoke in NZ

It rained for days and days on end last week. One day I scurried in to the Post Office, past a bunch of people hovering in nearby doorways, smoking their cigarettes. I thought about how glad I was that most places are now smokefree by law inside, but how the covered areas of footpaths are [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Wellington & NZ 30 May 2008

A walk at the Ataturk Memorial

I tried to take the dogs to Lyall Bay for a walk this afternoon. It didn’t work out, because there were so many people there I couldn’t find anywhere to park. I drove on around the coast a little and we went up to Ataturk Memorial instead. When we arrived I realised how appropriate the [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Wellington & NZ 24 April 2008

Lambton Quay was busy today

· · It was all go on Lambton Quay today. Just after 10 am I took a bus from Courtenay Place towards the railway Station. My destination was the north end of Lambton Quay. I was quite surprised when the bus took an unusual turn and headed off down streets where buses don’t go. The [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Wellington & NZ 10 April 2008

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