I got up early @_@ This alone is an amazing feat as I slept less than 6 hours (I think).
I got packed in 10mins (I forgot to bring a brush)
Drove all the way down to Wellington.. stopped at.. this motel for the night.. forgot the name! i was too busy sleeping :D heeeee ^^
We had dinner at RSA ^^ its this club house for retired army ppl... we just decided to go rock up n proclaim ourselves as members... HA .. quite funni a asian family walkin into the pub/resturant full of old army kiwis n their wifes :D
RSA
dinner was realli good tho~ quality n company ^_^
Day Two - Friday
woke extra early... amazing morning! still frosty and can still see the colours of dawn!
day one
we drove the remaining 2-3 hrs to wellington^^
on the way we stopped by this town called 'Bulls' and yes, they were proud of their town. Everywhere we turned we saw everything named had a play on the word 'bulls'
for example:
Name of their medical centre: cure a bull
The local dress maker: tizzies of bulls
The local pub: rat hole bulls
Public rubbishbins: Respons-a-bull
Local computer shop: compute-a-bull
You cannot guess what the Police station is called! ... Consti-bull!!!
Hilarious!
After we arrived in Wellington, we dropped Felix off to work n we (me mum n dad) mucked around at the Tepapa Museaum!
Tepapa
Marai
white tigers
This is a kiwi!
Parking was so expensive in the city! also there were lots n lots of campavans with red flags n 'Lions' written on their windows in the parking lots. This was because the test match between the all blacks n the Lions is going to be held in Wellington over the weekend!
We didnt know where to go so we decided to muck around at New World~ yippe !~ free parking!
Later we went to the waterfront and then up Victoria peak to overlook the city of Wellington.
Maori statute up on Victoria Peak
That night we went to a seafood resturant on the water front! the view was nice~ but i think im getting sick of european foods... I want chinese food!!!
That night we thought we would b smart n just rock up to a motel and expect them to have space. BUT ofcoz everything was booked out (due to the rugby match!) we drove everywhere looking for accomodation! by this rate we were driving at least 3-4 hrs away from the city but still no accomodation! We ended up at a motel at byrons beach!
Day Three - Saturday
The morning was perfect, it was a perfect sunny day! we visited the beach as we drove out. It was a large surfishie beach. We met a very very sweet looking jack russel cross foxie terrier :) and a couple of ppl horseriding on the beach!
byron beach
we decided to head up back to Auckland n on the way we pass by the Tongiriro national park. We took a walk down to Taiwai falls. They apparently filmed Lord of the Rings here~
Taiwai falls
We also went to Mt Ruapehu and Tongariro. The air was getting so cold and icy. But the sunset was nice!
Tongirio
Tongario
mum n me
Bro took us to a nice place called Tokeanu. there we watched rugby n me n bro cooked dinner - YES! chinese food at last!
banquet
Day Four - Sunday
WhoopS we woke up late n the motel owners werent realli happy.. o well :P we made our way back to Auckland. On the way we stopped by the Airforce Museum!
airforce museum2
Airforce Museum
Passing through this other little town we saw this Cookie Cafe!!! its so cute!
cookie Time Cafe
Arriving in Auckland around 8/9pm we had dinner at Lucky Star ^_^ Note the yummy yummy deep fried fish with sweet n sour sauce n pine nuts!!
dinner
This was a wonderful conclusion to our family trip :D
It is so hard to get the whole family together these days~ with bro working, me in Melb... :) the trip was awsome n relaxin! Love Love Love~~~
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