“The Sights of Wellington Panoramic Drive” pointed out that Wellington is the Capital of New Zealand; nicknamed the Windy City”; situated on several faults; has hills like San Francisco and sports English style chimney pots.
There were many hairpin bends as our bus climbed one of the hills to see the Botanical Gardens. Our next stop was the Mt. Victoria lookout which featured a large triangular memorial covered in Southern Lights dedicated to Admiral Byrd, the first person to fly over the South Pole.
Two downtown buildings caught my eye: the “Beehive” (part of Parliament complex) named for its tiered shape; and the old St. Paul’s Gothic Episcopal Church (1866).
