A short a simple bus journey from central Wellington gets you to Weta caves. This is not an actual cave but more a shrine to the film industries creativity and in particular Peter Jackson. Unfortunately the Weta cave workshop tour was fully booked so I wasn't allowed to go backstage. But if you get the chance and your a bit of a film geek like me its definitely worth seeing the ins and outs of how props, buildings and characters out of films like Lord Of The Rin...

LODGE IN THE CITY HOSTEL WELLINGTON Simple review but def worth a mention. * Cheap cheap beds ($19 a night) * Very central location (just off the top of Cuba Street)... * Cheap washing * Cheap internet * Clean * Decent sized kitchen * Rentable ganes * Good atmosphere and vibe * Free pool tables

CAPE PALLISERNORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALANDJust a short one on this but it is def worth a mention. We headed down to Cape Palliser from Martinborough to camp for a night. It was such a cool place. Its a huge seal colony so lots of seals to play with. (Very near miss with treading on a seal. They bark! Loudly.) There isn't much there, you can play with the seals, climb a hill and look over to see the baby seals playing in a pool, and camp right on the sea front and wat...

Grapes... Lots of grapes. And the occasional pumpkin. About a 40 minute drive from Wellington we got work on a vineyard picking grapes. Martinborough is only a small place with a population of about 1400 but is well known for grapes and wine. This review is really just for anyone looking for work as we were very wary of farm work from bad experiences in Australia. But if your in the north island looking for work then try speaking to Jawl. She does everything ab...

FIDELS CAFE, CUBA STREETWELLINGTON, NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND What an awesome little café. Just walk past it any time of day and see how busy it always is to prove how good it is. Promoting excellent coffee and good Veggie/Vegan food (they still offer lots of meat stuff!!!) its just really good, reasonably priced eats with loads of character to chill out in. I would recommend going for a cruisy brunch kind of thing and enjoy it. (the snickers milkshake is a d...