Life in Wellington, New Zealand, photos, and dogs

For several reasons I've decided to close this blog and incorporate existing and future posts into my main blog, KnowIT.

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Know your feet

Walking in Wellington? Join up with Living Streets.

Read the full article ⍾ Outdoors 17 June 2009 0 comments

A climb up Tip Track

A hot steady climb gave us fabulous views over Wellington.

Read the full article ⍾ Outdoors 13 April 2009 0 comments

Surprised by Paddy

This morning I was walking along the waterfront to a meeting in Lambton Quay. Somehow, for the first time ever, I noticed a drinking fountain at the south end of the Wharf Offices. I must have walked past it hundreds of time before without ever seeing it. At first glance I thought it was dedicated [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Wellington & NZ 11 February 2009 2 comments

A walk in the park

On Sunday a friend and I took our dogs and went for a walk in Belmont Regional Park, about 20 minutes drive from downtown Wellington. It was a simple and easy 2 hour walk, entering from Cornish Street, Petone. That’s a few metres beyond the motorway off-ramp that leads you to Eastbourne, but before the [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Outdoors 13 October 2008 0 comments

Does Wellington hate dogs? And walkers?

Well said, Linley! Dogs have a hard time of things in Wellington — I’ve a bone to pick with you: Let me start this column with an Alcoholics Anonymous-style confession. My name is Linley Boniface, and I am a dog owner. This is an increasingly brave admission to make in Wellington, which can now safely [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Pets 12 June 2008 0 comments

Back to inline skating

Every few weeks Linda helps me with my accounts. For the past few weeks she’s been telling me about a course she’s been attending to learn how to inline skate. As the weeks went by, I realised that Linda had far surpassed my extremely modest skating skills (ie, almost none). It’s been ages since I [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Outdoors 9 April 2008 0 comments

Unfocused clouds over Wellington

· · This morning I noticed these weird clouds over Wellington. You may think these photos are just out of focus, but the clouds really were like that. It was pretty much as though wind from one direction had blown clouds at one elevation into wave forms, while wind from another direction had created cross-waves [...]

Read the full article ⍾ General 3 April 2008 0 comments

No smoke round here

The other day I was waiting with about 40 other people to cross Bowen Street on to Lambton Quay. After a few moments I could suddenly smell cigarette smoke. After a bit of swivelling, I identified the smoker, standing at the edge of the group. I looked at the group waiting to cross towards us: [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Real life 15 March 2008 0 comments

Perfect comfort food at Kenny’s Cafe.

Yesterday I went down to the Post Office in Courtenay Place. It was about 2.30, and not having had lunch yet I looked around for somewhere I could eat. Of course Courtenay Place and side streets are chocka with eateries of all ilks: Malaysian, Japanese, European, fusion, Chinese, Thai, Lebanese, Greek — you name it, [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Wellington & NZ 1 March 2008 0 comments

Wellington’s full up again

I love Wellington between Christmas Day and mid-January — everyone clears off to somewhere else — all the students and government workers and what-not. The streets are quiet, you can find parking spaces. It’s lovely. And then the year builds up speed and momentum. People return from holiday, workers filter back to their offices, schools [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Arts, movie and performance 22 February 2008 0 comments

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