We didn't wake up until 10:15am after a very long sleep. We went to make our English muffin breakfast and then had a hot shower. It was so nice that Andrew took an age but finally returned so that we could start our walking tour of Wellington city. We decided to drive into the city centre as it was a Sunday and so not likely to be too busy to find a parking space. We found a car park straight away, forgetting that everything is clearly signposted in New Zealand unlike in Asia, but the aerial on our campervan scraped the top! I thought for a second that the car park roof was too low for the campervan and we were about to cause a whole lot of damage, but it was fine in the end. Our first stop was at 'Parliament House' which was a grand, grey building completed in 1922 and greatly contrasted the modern 'Beehive' building next door. It looked, as you might expect, like a beehive and was even brown in colour. We then walked along 'Lambton Quay' which was the main shopping street that led to Wellington Cable Car. We decided to buy a one way ticket and walk the other way since it would be down hill. It was a little red cable car with wooden benches for seating that took us to the 'Wellington Botanical Gardens' which were situated on a hilltop. We followed one trail route past the 'Carter Observatory' and various other pieces of astronomical machinery before calling in to the Cable Car Museum. This explained the story of the cable car which was built in 1902 to allow access to hilly Kelburn. It also contained on original restored cable car. The next trail we followed through the Botanical Gardens led us down to the back of the 'Beehive' building where we came across some interesting sculptures made out of grey brick. 
 
We made our way to the waterfront which was lined with very nice restaurants and bars that we couldn't afford to enter! It was such a nice view across the harbour and we were quite surprised at how calm the sea looked considering it was the middle of winter . There were even some very brave people out on a pedalo! We followed the waterfront to the 'Te Papa' museum, which was the National Museum of New Zealand. The building alone was impressive and the exhibits were meticulously displayed in such a way that it didn't even feel like a museum. It catered very well to children and we were particularly intrigued by the pickled colossal squid! There was a video that showed how the squid ended up in the museum. We read the 'Treaty of Waitangi' whilst resting our legs and then we decided to head back to our campervan as we were hungry. We walked back via 'Civic Square' and then made a chicken sandwich in our campervan before we drove up 'Mount Victoria'. There was a car park right at the top so we didn't have to tackle the steep hill. The view was pretty good from the lookout point as you had a 360 degree view around Wellington harbour. The sun was also just setting which added a nice touch. We noticed the many nice houses that stood on Mount Victoria and wondered how much one would cost in such a prime location. The day was drawing to a close so we returned to our campsite and made pumpkin soup. We sat in the warmth of the kitchen for a while before making our campervan bed.