Endurance test

There was too much wind on Sunday for me to do my 50km bike ride, so I opted for the 21km walk instead. To make it more interesting, I took my camera along. And now Blogger won't let me load all the photos, so you'll have to take it in installments.



This is part of the view from our balcony. It's an unusual view for Wellington, in that we can't see the sea, apart from a tiny sliver past the airport. Probably enough for a real estate agent to advertise it as expansive sea views.

After about 3km through the 'burbs, I reach the sea at Miramar wharf. There are always a few hardy souls fishing here. Every spring there'll be a story in the paper about a monster snapper one of them has caught.

This wharf is also the current parking spot for the ship used in King Kong. There are discussions about sinking it for use as a diving wreck. If they don't hurry up it will sink itself.

Making use of one of Wellington's renowned natural features, the city council have put in quite a few wind sculptures. This is the Zephyrometer - a 33m high orange needle on a gimbal, which sways in the breeze. We can see it from our house and judge how wild the day is. I have seen the Zephyrometer almost parallel to the ground.

There's a row of lovely old boathouses in Evans Bay, in every condition from dilapidated to resplendent. The paint jobs range from bright colours, through faded and peeling, to whatever was cheap at the latest fire sale. Some of them have numbers on the doors, but the numbers are out of sequence - some sort of 'in' joke, perhaps? This one is a favourite with wedding photographers.