This is the capital of NZ from Mount Victoria.By the way Steve, we have been making up for the lack of C2H5OH on the flight since we got here, and Delia is better at it than me.
It is Sunday evening and Jo and Delia are settling down to watch the Federa Nadal match - yawn yawn yawn.
We took the cable car to the top of the hill today where there was a teddy bear's picnic, but no-one said I had to take my teddybear so I didn't get a pink balloon! But the botanical gardens there were great - like Wisley in many ways.
The marina in the centre of the picture is where the racing yacht Saphire is moored.
It was mostly a good race - Nick is a better skipper than the skipper was - he was a windsurfer before he started yacht racing and can well read the water and wind. The altercation with the navigation beacon was because as we rounded it the skipper thought we had sufficient momentum to clear it and tacked. But in the head on position the F6 stopped us and blew us onto it before the wind filled the sails on the new tack and took us away. So the impact was gentle so not much hull damage but the genoa was on the other side of the beacon to the yacht and only skillful manouvreing with the engine on got us away without tearing the genoa.
Here is Fraser giving us his blues number during the BBQ with mother Jessica behind. Don't they have identical facial visual aspects?
We are sooooooo jealous! It's freezing here (even indoors), i'm on nights and lyns is writing her MD. Boring!
ReplyDeleteI hope you've got video of the race - that souds more exciting than your average Hayling Bay jaunt! And did you make those kids swim the Oppi back with the sails up? Looks a bit harsh....
Hope you enjoy the last few days in Welly, and get ready for some serious beach action in the Cooks!
Love
Adi and Lyns
P.S. don't forget to check out the seal colony if you have time (it is quite a long way away) and there's a great Vodka bar on Tory street or Allen street off Courtenay Place, and the flat we rented was above the supermarket on Willis street (somewhere opposite bond street ish).
ReplyDeleteOh and you have to go rollerblading along the seafront in wellington, but not if it will make you visit the A+E department where I worked!!