Beautiful Easter Sunday

April 12th, 2009 at 5:06 pm by David Farrar

Had a great Easter Sunday. In the morning decided to do another walk up to Hawkins Hill. Did it a couple of months ago, but that day it was foggy and windy. Today was neither so figured worth redoing.

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A friendly local. There are around four of them, as far as I can tell.

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A view from Hawkins Hill.

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The airport radar at the summit.

The path actually goes on from here over to Karori or Makara. At some stage, I’m keen to carry on and walk all the way over. Just need to do it with a group that has two cars.

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The Castle and the radar station behind it. All four dogs were out in full force trying to eat passerbys. Luckily they were behind the fence. The owner was out doing some painting. I tried to talk to him and tell him I’d put a bid in for the castle if he wanted to sell it, but I don’t think he could hear me over the dogs.

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Afterwards went to Otari Wilton’s Bush for a couple of hours. We stayed until we lost the sun. Had a relaxing picnic lunch, and just generally relaxed.

All up, was a very relaxing day.

Tags: DPF, Hawkins Hill, Wellington, Wilton Otari's Bush

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4 Responses to “Beautiful Easter Sunday”

Steve (3,645) Says:
April 12th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
The first picture shows a Turkey in disguise. Only four? All feathers. The other Turkeys are on holiday lol.
Good to see the general public are fenced away.
Wellington can be good on a good day.
Can we fix it? ……..
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Michael E (274) Says:
April 13th, 2009 at 8:41 am
The last time I went up to Hawkins Hill it snowed – although that was B.C. (Before Children)
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Mike S (231) Says:
April 13th, 2009 at 10:27 am
They named a hill after George Hawkins?
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PhilBest (5,060) Says:
April 13th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
DPF:

“……The path actually goes on from here over to Karori or Makara. At some stage, I’m keen to carry on and walk all the way over. Just need to do it with a group that has two cars…..”

Are you one of these funny people who has something against pedal power?

Seriously, despite what people may assume from my politics, I love grunting and sweating up inclines, standing on the pedals; and enjoying the view at the top, and the blast going down again. You can cover so much more distance than on foot, while still drinking in the fresh air and sunshine and scenery.

[DPF: I like the conversation of walking. Plus I am not fit enough for the up hills]
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