NZ Day 8 – Wellington suited and booted

Our first task to find a campervan site near to Wellington ready for the next day ferry which turned out to be a motel with a powered carpark. After that we caught a bus into town for shopping then the main reason for choosing this time to visit NZ, the Wearable Arts Show. Wellington had a better vibe than Auckland even though it was raining. A lot of cool shops around the Cuba Street area again set amongst the tattoo parlours and sex shops.

With a recommendation from some shop assistants we checked out Fidels for lunch for the best milkshakes. Décor was styled on the bearded dictator’s country. Next we explored the arty dock area where the national museum, Te Papa was situated. It was free entry luckily as only the Maori art and earthquake simulator was worth the visit.

On to the main event, the World of Wearable Art (WOW) show was just the other side of the dockside. Wellington is a compact city and easy to get around by foot. The events place was buzzing with entertainers like juggling air hostesses and wandering jazz bands. After a scan of the show’s merchandise we sat down in the best seats in the house right in front of the stage and next to three old ex-pat ladies who were piling in to the Marlborough wine. The show was incredible though had kept the creativeness of Kerry’s day (12 years ago). It blended in the wearable art with professional dance within themed ideas. It was a real shame I had the worst headache I’ve ever known which tainted the experience and afterwards, couldn’t make my mind up whether I could eat or not. We checked into the motel for extra comfort but local highway traffic was too loud. Another let down was the rubbish Dominos pizza we ordered.