Hey everyone Today we explored Wellington! Again. We decided to get our walking shoes on again and walked up Mount Victoria, a huge mountain right in the centre of Wellington. We started out walking along the streets and somehow got a little lost - we didn't realise trying to find a mountain would be such a difficult task. Once we corrected our path, we found the walkway to the mountain and started to make our ascent. After 10 minutes walking we were rewarded w...

Hey everyone Today we explored Wellington! We got a day pass on the bus and headed off to all the attractions. Our first stop was the Weta Caves. This was the orginal studio base of the Weta special effects company that had their big break on Lord Of The Rings, and have worked on special effects in many blockbuster flims since then. There was a small museum showing some of the props and models made for films, including masks, armour, axes and shields from Lord...

Hey everyone Today we went to Te Papa! Te Papa is New Zealand's biggest and arguably best museum, and was just a short walk from our hostel. It was also free to enter, aside from the temporary exhibitions, so there was no stopping us from making a day of it. With our lunch packed and camera at the ready, we set off for a big day. We began our trip around the huge museum in Awesome Forces, where we learnt about the volcanoes and tectonic plate activity that has...