Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Day Two: Riding and culture in the capital city...



Blue sage in Rosie's garden.

All Saints Church in Palmerston North.

Albion Tavern in Shannon.

Headed back to Palmerston North.


The Circa Theater in Wellington.



Britten V-1000






Views from the Museum balcony.


Stained glass wall.




The National Marae Pacifica


Pataka food storage place on stilts to confound the rats.


The interior with the ancestors on the walls.

Wharenui meeting hall.

Getting ready to watch a 3-D presentation on the Giant Squid.



A Maori display.

The Te Papa Tongarewa Museum.




The architecture in Wellington was amazing.




A piece of 'art'. A Len Lye sculpture that probably cost the city quite a bit of money.



Evans bay boat impound dock for boats under arrest. This boat has been here awile.



Shelley Bay, WWII flying boat base.













A fishing club cabin.




The wires above are for electric trolleys. (busses)


The old Trades Hall.


Red light district in old Wellington South.


Terrace Tunnel.


Wellington, round the ass end as Howard put it.




Wellington Harbor.

Ngaronga Gorge dropping into Wellington Harbor.

Porirua City near Wellington.





Approaching Pukerua Bay

Kapiti Coast with Kapiti Island.

Heading into Wellington.



Desert. =)

The view out of the restaurant.
A motley crew.

Honey sweetened Cola's, with no caffeine. I really wanted caffeine.


Food shot for Sherm. Chorizo quesadilla and grilled ham, tomato and cheese sandwiches.


Our lunch stop in Lyall Bay.

New Zealands Oldest Car.

Hot rod.
Overall view.
Look Sherm, predecessors of the Burgman.





Real Indians.

Found a Kaw.



I loved this VW and trailer.




This thing looked like it was built by Dr. Frankenstein.





This pic is for Moon.




Bet the turning radius on this think was horrible.




Vampire Jet
And of course, Corvette and a Corvette.


Vette has a thing for cute little cars.


This pic is for Tom Miller.


Vette liked this Mercedes



This pic is for Skid. (The tread reads non skid)


Antique cars have bladder problems too.

Lots and lots of pristine antique cars.


Ths trike was called the Crazy Duck.



This ought to make this post MR.


This pic is for El Nomad.


We spent quite a bit of time here...


Kiwi's are so polite...




A pub in the town of Shannon.


Jazz on the highway to Wellington

Their version of a no right turn sign.

A bit of real estate around the Centennial lagoon

Breakfast to start our day. Marmite - mmm-mmm good!

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