Last day in Aotearoa (Land of the long white cloud)

Today we hired a little Toyota Yaris and drove out to the Hutt River Valley which is a beautiful area north of Wellington. On the way back to the hotel we drove along the beach road and stopped at Petone Wharf. The views back towards Wellington from the wharf are wonderful, however, the weather was NOT!!! Windy Wellington has certainly lived up to its name and it was blowing a gale again today......and bloody cold. (Although we hear that it was blowing a gale again in Melbourne today too.)

It had rained heavily again overnight, but the sun did come out late in the day and I ventured out onto the balcony for the first time, to take a photo of the view out over the harbour and wharf area.