Tag: #CycloneGabrielle
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Errands during the cyclone: Wellington

We really just squeezed into Wellington and the warm and comfortable house of our hosts in the nick of time! The northern and eastern parts of North Island suffered the most damage. It poured and the wind howled outside the windows, and whitecaps skated across the bay out our window. Wellington is well used to…
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Into Wellington! Ahead of Cyclone Gabrielle!

We have a ferry booking on Friday, February 17 to take the ferry from Wellington on the North Island to Picton on the South. As luck would have it, we have a place to stay in Wellington, grace of some friends of friends that I came into contact with during some research for this trip.…