Antarctic blast

Day 8 Taupo to Wellington 

A long drive today as we decided to head to Wellington via Whanganui, as K had found a ceramic museum she wanted to check out that had around 4000 pieces by predominantly New Zealand potters. There were some stunningly beautiful pieces of work but as this was a museum they weren't for sale. 

While K did that M wandered around the town and along the Whanganui River (New Zealand's longest navigable waterway) where some old paddle steamers were docked.

It was close to 6pm when we arrived in Wellington, where we knew we had left the warm weather of the last week behind as we endured an Antarctic blast of wind while walking along the waterfront.