First Week NZ Miscellany

Wellington has a lovely beach and promenade in the city center.

Evans Bay, a short drive from Wellington, has a lovely coastal road.

With interesting rock formations.

The Wellington Botanical Garden is worth a visit.

An old cemetery from the 1800s has a Jewish section.

Our QT hotel in Wellington has quirky art.

That's the extinct volcano we climbed on our first day in Auckland, on the nearby Rangiroto Island.

The view from our room in the QT hotel in Queenstown, our present stop.

The excellent green-lipped mussels we seek out.