Wellington City, "coolest little capital in the world" - Cam Theme - 55

Wellington has been named the " coolest little capital in the world" by travel guide publisher Lonely Planet.
It has also ranked Wellington as the 4th top city in the world to visit in 2011. 


This panorama shot of Wellington city is a stitched photo of three and cropped. 
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Welling city panorama - morning light

There are 11 photo sets in this "CAM" series and one guest photo.
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this is a view across the Bay from Oriental Parade where the glass facades reflect early morning sunlight on the city and water.

I only noticed the rowers gliding over the reflection in the water (on the right hand side of the photo) when looking at it on my screen

From Oriental Bay looking over towards the northern end of Wellington city - focusing on the port entrance next to the Westpac Stadium reflecting early morning light.

The three gantry cranes a prominent feature...

Having driven into the city to collect my mail, this is an early morning view of downtown Wellington on Customhouse Quay

This is a view of part of the "coolest little Capital city in the world" from the Planetarium side of the Botanical Gardens, over the city of Wellington and Oriental Bay to the vista of the Orongorongo and Tararua mountain ranges.

The dark building on the far right is the second tallest building in Wellington

This is a view of Bolton street, Wellington after leaving the Botanic Gardens from the rose garden side.

The bridge in the foreground is one of many that cross over the central city motorway.

At the bottom of Bolton street it joins The Terrace.

Where once there were more than 10 000 acres of sky to view, the developments of a growing city now shows part of the new Inland Revenue Department (IRD) building

Lambton Quay is the heart of Wellington city's business district in the "coolest little Capital city in the world".

Lambton quay is where you would take the famous Wellington cable car up to the Botanic Gardens

The new Supreme Court building was built beside and expanded into the old High court building on Molesworth street.
Prince William formally opened this building on 18 January 2010

I was on a car park rooftop at The Terrace, looking down on Lambton Quay when the colours of these neon art windows caught my eye.

This is a ten-panel neon 'sculpture' by Paul Hartigan entitled, "Whipping the Wind". You'll find it on the corner of Ballance Street where it meets Lambton Quay. Part of the Supreme Court building can be seen just to the left of this pic.

At the end of the day in Wellington, nothing beats a stroll along Oriental Parade on a balmy evening.

This photo shows the lights of the Fisherman's Table restaurant reflected in the waters of the Bay.

Aerial view of the Westpac Stadium, Wellington - difficult to photograph when there's turbulence

aerial view of Wellington city

aerial images wellington airport

aerial view of the runway at Wellington airport
Mount Victoria in the foreground

aerial view of Oriental Bay -
the fountain can be seen just off shore at Oriental Parade on the left hand side.

I was happy to get these aerial shots from the last air2there flight I'll be taking for a long while - thanks to their sad ground service...

air2there.com's Piper PA-31-350
info courtesy of Rodney

Queen Victoria, Maiden World Voyage - Cam Theme 31

Cunard’s new ocean liner, Queen Victoria set sail from Southampton on Tuesday 11 December 2007 on her maiden voyage.

The Queen Victoria maiden world voyage included Wellington, New Zealand on 17 February 2008. At 294m long, she is an impressive ship.

Driving on the motorway we were amazed at the sight of her sheer size - so naturally, some of the photos we took that day appear here.

My lovely wife had to endure my rants to get a good picture whilst sticking her head out of the window with the camera in hand - at 90km's ph... There were a few shots taken but this one is the best of that bunch.

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The inter island ferry is dwarfed by the majestic Queen Victoria - docked at Wellington.
Some of the passengers must have wondered what they had struck coming in to berth beside a container port opposite the famous Westpac stadium.

I stopped the car on the motorway (there is a side edge so no accidents could happen) to take this photo.

Queen Victoria cruise ship, Arahura and Kaitaki inter island ferries.

Trucks and other vehicles wait to board for the sailing to Picton.

In the distance is Oriental Parade and Mount Victoria.

looks like the warehouse is roofed by a ship