Wellington Natural Environment

Wellington is a cool place if the weather's right. No matter what time of year come prepared for four seasons. Check out the City Gallery in Civic Sqaure, it's free, as is Te Papa, the national museum. There's the Fine Art's Gallery near Queen's Warf (donation), sometimes it's worth a visit. Cable Car is very popular with toursists (and no you won't crash). Cuba Street is supposedly vibe-ish. Check out the beaches, Oriental, Lyall Bay, Eastborne. But it's also nice to get out of the city as it's only a short drive in any direction to get a taste of rural scenery, Waikane is nice. Most people only go to Wellington to travel through to the South Island on the Picton Ferry but it's worth a short stop to have a look around. The nice thing about Wellington is the way most of the surrounding suberbs work into the landscape, old victorian-style houses dotted on the hills. But the best sight in Wellington is the Katherine Mansfield birthplace for the literary, cultural tourist. Have a read of some of her stories before you go, like 'Prelude', 'The Wind Blows,' 'At the Bay' (set in Eastbourne) to put the place and the house in perspective. Enjoy!!

Bring warm clothing. Wellington is an insanely cold place.

New Zealand's capitol has bad weather. That's my impression. I was there 15 times and it rained each and every time except once, a marvelious day, sunshine and all. Enjoying this tremendous weather we took the fairy to the South Island. Yes well sunshine make's everything more enjoyable, even getting sea sick and vomitting over the rails for about three hours. Try it out, simply... unforgettable.

Windy Wellington - if you enjoy the cold visit from March to October / November, if you prefer warmer weather go December to Feb.