What to be done in Wellingtown for a week?

[Scuba_Steve]

Wellington has the Zoo, Zealandia, Staglands, Botanical Gardens, Te Papa (tho usually only good for seeing the Britten on occasion & the earthquake house), Seals, Southwards Car Museum (it has some bikes too), Police museum.

[Devil]

Do you have a car while you are there? Drive up the coast to the Lindale Centre, up State Highway 1 - Paraparaumu. Carry on up the coast too.

The Weta Cave. 1 Weka St Miramar might be something a little different too.

Stirts is right. The best thing to do in Wellington is leave and go up the coast somewhere

[Stirts]

Stirts is right. The best thing to do in Wellington is leave and go up the coast somewhere

[Swoop]

Akzle in Wellytown, looking for something to do?

Surely "something to do there" would naturally include "the beehive and a large quantity of explosives" with him?



A big "Hello" to the GCSB staff who now are reading this, due to the combination of words that has set off your alarm system.

[mstriumph]

you have children
GIRL children

ye gods, i do hope you moderate your coarser impulses (and language) in front of them ...

but of course you do - you're a great big conservative softie at heart, aren't you

ok - addressing the problem at hand ... personally, i don't believe in generic 'children' ... i don't believe they can be slotted into categories with tick box checklists (girl? tick 'pink', 'barbies' etc)

i'll make a wild guess that you know them as individuals better than most people know their offspring ... so you already know what would please them. that just leaves the problem of where to find it ... solved by (as someone has already suggested) five minutes joint consultation with them on the internet.

have at it, champ!


(my daughter liked us to go up to that park in the hills above the city where the constant earth movements had split the concrete path and moved one part several inches to the side of the other ... we'd then stand with one foot either side, imagine the forces concerned and discuss earthquakes, continental drift, time and such. but she's a strange kid (wonder where she gets that from )

[Madness]

Stirts is right. The best thing to do in Wellington is leave and go up the coast somewhere

Normally I'd agree but as Akzle's two young daughters will be with him I don't think a trip up to Paraparaumu looking for skanks would be appropriate. That said, I suppose he could always leave them at Maccas for a couple of hours?

[Ulsterkiwi]

All the above.

Also, The Bait House aquarium in Island Bay is pretty cool. There is a snorkel trail right beside it, if you Norferners can cope with the temperature of the water. I can connect you with a mate who owns a dive shop if you are keen, they can rent gear.
I have another mate who does tours of Wgtn in a Prado. He can take you on to some pretty cool private land around the south coast. Lots of fun and maybe a bit of kai moana.

PM me if those float your boat.

You cant have my truck, it runs on diesel......

[Stirts]

Akzle in Wellytown, looking for something to do?

Surely "something to do there" would naturally include "the beehive and a large quantity of explosives" with him?



A big "Hello" to the GCSB staff who now are reading this, due to the combination of words that has set off your alarm system.

Naturally...

[BuzzardNZ]

Take the ferry to Picton and don't come back - a nice cruise for a whole day ..

Fixed that for you

[caseye]

Akzle, a bit of advice.
Do NOT under any circumstances accept coffee from Crasher.These guys really want you indecoffinated aye! Na Pete's a bloody good sort he'll put the kids on any bike in the store, I'm sure.

Otherwise Te papa, your daughters will enjoy that, takes a while too, got a bitsa britten you can drool over for a bit while they climb on the tyranasorearse rex thingy in the corner.
Not sure if they do harbour cruise down there, or if the girls like boats, but it's a bloody big place to see and roads don't let you see some of the things that the water does.

[Akzle]

you working during the day? there's always the eastbourne ferry if they've never been at sea, there's climbing walls go karts etc

a* climbing wall, afaik?
I dont encourage females driving. Anything.
And yeah, i carry my harness so its on the cards. Might take a trip over to the long island, weather dependg.
Paintball in town looks.... Sticky,
but would need numbers...

Work, hah. Work is for plebs. =p

[Akzle]

Surely the plural would be axewounds?

no, but i put my cock in something resembling one, they destroyed it on the way out...

[pritch]

the Hutt River walk can be great fun and parts of it are easily accessible by public transport

Yeah, and there hasn't been a murder there for a while now.

A ride up the cable car might be safer - if it's still there?

[Akzle]

All the above.

Also, The Bait House aquarium in Island Bay is pretty cool. There is a snorkel trail right beside it, if you Norferners can cope with the temperature of the water. I can connect you with a mate who owns a dive shop if you are keen, they can rent gear.
I have another mate who does tours of Wgtn in a Prado. He can take you on to some pretty cool private land around the south coast. Lots of fun and maybe a bit of kai moana.

PM me if those float your boat.

You cant have my truck, it runs on diesel......

ive got open water, pretty sure kids arent allowed tho...but im usually keen to poke fish. Travelling light so sans-wetsuits snorkels etc.
That the 4x4 chap that runs red rocks etc? Saw it in a brochure somewhere, i should also mention im a cheap c*nt.

[Moi]

Yeah, and there hasn't been a murder there for a while now

I can see it now - "Look! Daddy, if I poke this body with the pointed burnt stick you gave me it farts!"

There's a wonderful chapter in Jack Lasenby's "Dead Man's Head about the kids finding a dead horse...