NaBloPoMo 22 - Showcasing Wellington 2

Some more panoramic views of Wellington. These pics are taken from one of the Northern suburbs.

(click on pics to enlarge)

I stitched 5 pics together to create this panorama using Microsoft Composite Editor.

 Picture of Petone and Lower Hutt

Picture of Wellington Airport and the city 

Other Wellington Panoramas at  Showcasing Wellington 1   Somes Island

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NaBloPoMo 14 - Scenic Sunday - Showcasing Wellington

I love Wellington. It is such a beautiful city, not too big, great for art and culture, lots of cafes and surrounded by hills. The hills always uplift and inspire me.

On my brother's first visit to NZ, he sent a postcard back to his family with the words ... "Greetings from Wellington, where the scenery is just spectacular".

So here I am, showcasing my beautiful city.

Some interesting facts about Wellington:

     *  Capital City of New Zealand, known as the Harbour Capital
     *  World's southernmost capital city

     *  Named after Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, and victor 

         in the Battle of Waterloo

     *  Has 3 Maori names - 

             -  Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara  -  The Great Harbour of Tara

             -  Poneke - transliteration of Port Nick short for Port Nicholson, 

                 the former name for Wellington Harbour

             -  Te Upoko-o-te-Ika - a traditional name for the southern most part 

                 of the North Island

     *  Named 4th top city in the world to visit in 2011 by the Lonely Planet - 

         the coolest little Capital in the world.

So here are some pics taken a few years ago.

Here is a panoramic view of Wellington taken from the Botanical Gardens. I had to stitch 4 pics together to create this panorama.

(click on pics to enlarge).

The tall building on the right is the Majestic Centre. It is the tallest building in Wellington.

a closer view of the Majestic Centre (on the right) and the State Insurance Building (on the left). Mt Victoria in the background. (Mt Vic deserves a post on it's own so will showcase Mt Vic tomorrow).

View of Oriental Parade, Overseas Terminal, Te Papa - Museum of New Zealand, St Gerard's Monastery 

More scenic views of Welly:

Ferry pulling out of the harbour

Wellington Airport

Coolest little capital

Te Papa

Wellington Regional Stadium

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NaBloPoMo 08 - Auckland Sky Tower

The Sky Tower is an observation and communications tower in Auckland, New Zealand.

Some Sky Tower facts:

• Tallest free standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere
• 3 observation desks with 360degree views of Auckland
• There are 1267 steps from the base to the Sky deck
• The tower is often lit up in different colour schemes to promote different events or causes 
• Offers 2 activities, the sky walk (a walk around the exterior of the observation deck) and the sky jump from 192m.

Here are some of my Sky Tower pics (click on pics to enlarge)

Auckland Sky Tower

Views from the revolving restaurant Orbit (190m above the ground)

Rangitoto Island in the background

Auckland Harbour Bridge

Sky Jump

Check out my post on the Sky Tower Jump




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Our World Tuesday

NaBloPoMo 07 - Scenic Sunday - Ferry pulling out of the harbour

The Bluebridge ferry pulling out of Wellington Harbour. The ferries sail between New Zealand's North Island (Wellington) and South Island (Picton). 

The other ferries that sail the same route are the Interislander ferries. 

Taken from the Interislander webpage:

The voyage has been described as "one of the most beautiful ferry rides in the world".

And it is truly spectacular. I must hunt out my pictures and post here.

The picture also shows Mt Victoria in the background. But Mt Vic deserves a post all on it's own.

Picture taken from the 16th floor of the Vogel Building.

Check out my other Wellington pics (click on the Wellington label on this post or in the labels section on the right of this page).

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NaBloPoMo 06 - PhotoHunt - Light

This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Light"

So here are my "Light" pics

Lights at the Bronx Zoo New York
It was a very cold day and we didn't get to see many animals but the lights were amazing. It was well worth a visit to the zoo just to see the lights.

Disney Lights, Los Angeles.
We were at Disneyland just a week before Christmas and the lights were awesome. And even though it bucketed down that day (oh yes it rains at Disney too), the lights were so beautiful, they just lifted our spirits.

City Lights, Mumbai, India.
This was taken from my uncle's place. Fabulous views from his apartment. We watched the fireworks at New Year's Eve unfortunately didn't take those pics. I think some moments you have to enjoy without a camera.

Candlelight

My previous posts on "Lights"

Bronx Zoo Lights   

Christmas Lights - New York

Diwali Festival of Light

NaBloPoMo

NaBloPoMo 01 - City of Sails

Thought I would take the NaBloPoMo challenge.

NaBloPoMo = National Blog Posting Month

In a nutshell, you have to register for NaBloPoMo and publish at least one post each day for the whole month of November.

So here it is ... the first post of the November NaBloPoMo and this post is on Auckland, New Zealand's largest city.

Some interesting facts about Auckland:

• Known as the City of Sails because of the hundreds of yachts in its harbour
• Has more yachts per capita than any other city in the world
• The Sky Tower is the tallest free standing structure in the entire Southern Hemisphere
• Comprises of about 50 dormant volcanoes, the largest volcano is on Rangitoto Island
• The Maori name for Auckland is Tamaki Makaurau meaning "the isthmus of one thousand lovers"

see Auckland facts for more interesting facts
      History of Auckland

Here are my Auckland pics taken a few years ago on a very cloudy and rainy day in Auckland. (click on pics to enlarge)

Winding Road

Here's my first post for Scenic Sunday.

Not sure if the picture does the scenery justice.

The road caught my eye more than anything else.

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Wellington Regional Stadium - Rugby World Cup 2011

The Rugby World Cup is currently underway in New Zealand.

I've had so much fun watching the games.  Some have been nail biting. And just watched the New Zealand - Canada game held in Wellington.  New Zealand are into the quarter finals and will play Argentina.

Thought I should post some photos of the stadium in Wellington also known as "the cake tin".

 (click on pics to enlarge)

taken from Mt Victoria some years ago

Links:  

Rugby World Cup New Zealand 2011    

Wellington Regional Stadium   

The colours of Spring

It's Spring in the Southern Hemisphere so time to post some Spring pictures.

The hills look so green and the flowers look beautiful.

Not a great time for allergy sufferers as there is pollen flying everywhere but it's a time for visual beauty.

Every season is different and pretty in it's own way. But in Spring everything looks fresh, lush and colourful.

Here are my Spring pics (click on pics to enlarge).

check my Haiku Wednesday - Spring  post.