Trip down the Lower North Island

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last weekend Jann and I have been to Wellington with our new car (Yeah well... the first one broke down on the way back from Mahia, but that's another story...) . Such a beautiful city!
First stop Mt Holdsworth were we hiked up to the rocky lookout

Snow in the Mountains!!!

 Next stop: Wellington!

We were so lucky that we found this amazing place to sleep :)

The next morning we went to visit a seal colony down the beach. With our new 4WD we could even drive there ;)

seals everywhere!

What up?

Making use of the 4WD

Free Cable Car ride

 After this we finally went to the city

View from Mt Victoria

City to Sea bridge

We took a guided to tour through Parliament

 After we left Wellington we drove along the coast down to Cape Palliser

where we saw even more seals!!

Cape Palliser lighthouse

250 steps to get up there

The last day I went for a short hike to the Putangiru Pinnacles which some may recognize as a location from the Lord of the rings (Herr der Ringe) movies ;)

Finally the last stop this weekend: Castlepoint

That's it for now but I hope more is soon to come when my class schedule gets a little less busy :)