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| Thread ID: 89151 | 2008-04-22 07:23:00 | Kids parks- Wellington | Metla (12) | PC World Chat |
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| 661280 | 2008-04-22 10:49:00 | Yeah .. Frank Kits Park and Queens Wharf area - some playground etc .. a walk by the harbour up to around Oriental Parade via the back of Te Papa. That is if the weather is nice :D They can watch the helicopter, there is one spot with the flexible fountain thingy, and that bronze statue of a man diving in to the water .. Some seats behind Te Papa out in the open .. while the kids play around at the waterfront. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 661281 | 2008-04-22 11:26:00 | 3.5 years, full of energy, Likes the adventure playgrounds,climbing frames,slides, all the usual. Staying by the oval but Wellington/the hutt is tiny so travelling is no issue. The other is 6 months old so he won't be fussed. 6 months already! Wow that was quick! |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 661282 | 2008-04-22 11:49:00 | 6 months already! Wow that was quick! Time flies when your having fun! :p :sleep |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 661283 | 2008-04-22 12:40:00 | Yup, fun is best! | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 661284 | 2008-04-22 12:53:00 | What's happening to get you down there Metz? My guess is yer missus is going down for a course or something and you're looking after the young ones? How about a nosy around the railway station for an hour. Some kids are fascinated by trains. Or down by the harbour to look at ships. (well you did say zero dollars!) :p |
Greg (193) | ||
| 661285 | 2008-04-22 13:11:00 | www.wellingtonnz.com This actually has some fairly decent family type stuff in it. |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 661286 | 2008-04-22 22:21:00 | What's happening to get you down there Metz? My guess is yer missus is going down for a course or something and you're looking after the young ones? How about a nosy around the railway station for an hour. Some kids are fascinated by trains. Or down by the harbour to look at ships. (well you did say zero dollars!) :p i have been living down there (on and off) due to work for the last couple of months, seeing as it was school holidays (which means kindy as well) I booked out the family unit at the motel so my family could come down and spend some time with me. Then my crew was split up and sent to 2 other jobs, so I managed to get a week off. But, The unit was still booked ( and paid for by work...heh heh heh) so we thought we would make use of it.... |
Metla (12) | ||
| 661287 | 2008-04-22 22:33:00 | Our kids used to love the Botanic Gardens play area (wicked, really scary slides in our day, but who knows whether they have survived into our current risk averse culture), and I believe that the Karori Park play area has recently been refurbished. We used to spend a lot of time there. If the monster is a swimmer, there is the Freyberg Pool in Oriental Bay, where my kids spent countless hours, starting when they were babies. Just a straightforward pool without special facilities for kids (unless it has changed since when we lived there), but great on a wet day... The other thing we used to do with our kids was walks around to Red Rocks etc, or over to the road end at Wainuiomata and walk to the seal colony. Our kids loved that, but if your monster isn't used to walking it could be trying. Not great in a southerly... Finally, up to QE11 park north of Paekakariki - walks on the beach, swimming, and toasting marshmallows over a driftwood fire in the sandhills. My son is now doing that with his kids on the beach at Hokitika, cos it is one of his happy memories of childhood. If you want to try that (I assume you have a car?) go north of Paekakariki to Mackay's Crossing and turn in there. |
John H (8) | ||
| 661288 | 2008-04-22 22:35:00 | x2 For Botanical Gardens, but the council have probably removed all the cool stuff by now. :( | wratterus (105) | ||
| 661289 | 2008-04-22 22:47:00 | And the cable car. :banana | wratterus (105) | ||
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