Wellington - The World's Best Small Capital City - Part 1 - New Zealand Road Trip 2019
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand although it is considerably smaller than Auckland, what it lacks in size it more than makes up for in beauty, situated on a large natural harbour, it is located on North Islands South Western tip, sandwiched between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. It is the world’s southernmost capital city, it can also claim to be the world's windiest city by average wind speed. Catch a cable car up to the Botanic Gardens to enjoy wonderful vistas over the city, its port and airport, see the regular ferry’s criss-cross the harbour, or maybe watch larger vessels, such as cruise liners, freighters or one of the regular Interisland ferries heading gingerly out of the calm harbour into the unpredictable waters of Cook Strait. Look down on aircraft wobbling in the wind as they prepare to land at Wellingtons airport. The city does suffer from traffic congestion and limited, expensive parking, but that’s no problem as the suburbs are well served by frequent and comfortable trains offering the best views of the city, coastline and countryside, a day rover is good value too. City guides tell you all about the excellent coffee houses, vibrant art scene and wonderful waterfront, they don’t always tell you about the little ferries connecting with Somes Island and Eastbourne on the opposite side of the harbour or just how stunningly beautiful a Wellington sunset can look when observed from Mount Victoria. This is the first of a two part video taking you to some of the places you won’t read about in guides, we catch trains to Masterton, Waikanae and Johnsonville with views over the pretty suburbs, Wairarapa vineyards and the stunning Kapiti Coast. Visit Somes Island, drive along the Seafront from Eastbourne back to Wellington and Oriental Parade, experience the World Premiere of the Hobbit “An Unexpected Journey”. In Part 2 we will visit zoos, museums, exhibitions and quiet bays known only to locals. Filmed between 2005 & 2019
Music - Track - Composer - Source
00:00 - ES_Yellow Hills - Daniel Keade - epidemicsound.com
08:20 - World Island - Summer Fields - Pinnacle Studio
19:16 - ES_Do You Believe - Marc Tourch - epidemicsound.com
19:35 - ES_In Your Head - Lvly - epidemicsound.com
21:00 & 43:28 - Tribal Culture - River Sweep - Pinnacle Studio
Tim, that is stunning! The light, the vistas, the background noise and the tranquility. Brilliant Peter
Hi Peter, Wellington is a lovely city, a nice place to simply relax and enjoy life, I'm really pleased you liked the video.
Very beautiful, graceful literally heaven on earth. Thanks for such great posting.
It is a lovely city in a beautiful location, I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
A beautiful shot about the beautiful capital 🏡🏘⛲
Thanks 👏👏
Cheers, I'm pleased you enjoyed taking a tour around this beautiful little city.
Thank you, Tim, and family, a great video, Cable Car, Train, Ferry, and more 😊
Thank you, it is a wonderful city, there is always something going on.
verry nice sunset,and that collor gold.i love it. thanks for this super beautyfull video Tim.it is here now 01:50. sleep wel both.greetz:Peer.
Wonderful film ,Tim.I know every sq.metre having lived there 44 years as a cyclist. Very nice on a good day,I don't miss the wind though.Oh,and stormy winters.Much milder here in Levin,and more affordable houses,at least in 2014.And steam train comes past quite often.Keep up the good work.
I love absolutely, positively love everything about windy Welly being my home for eight years since 2009. My favorite day off activities included train rides to other suburbs, walking round the bay and trekking up nearby mountains. I lived just at the base of Mt. Victoria at Newtown so it was an easy access for me. However, I made it a regular dose to climb Te Koupahu taking the Brooklyn route to the turbine, up the observatory then down to Island Bay. For my round the bay, I particularly enjoyed the long hour walk around Miramar peninsula because of the panoramic vistas at every turn.
I may have left New Zealand in 2016 but the fond memories are etched into my senses. Thus, watching your travelogue on Wellington seems to be de javu for me. Thumbs up for the virtual tour!
Hi, I'm pleased you enjoyed this virtual tour around Wellington. My son moved to Plimmerton around 2005, after a while he bought a house in Whitby, so I got to know the city a bit over a number of visits. I grew to like the area a bit more each time I visited and discovered more about the surrounding suburbs. Even though my son now lives in Auckland I always try to spend time in Wellington when I visit New Zealand.
Very enjoyable adventure! Thanks for sharing it with us!
It's a lovely city, I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.
Thanks for showing me around such a beautiful stunning city and beautiful bay. Would love to go there someday. 😎🐓🐓🇬🇧
as the locals said "you cannot beat Wellington with a gorgeous day!". However the fact is there are 150 days have quite miserable, extremely windy, cold and damp days!
@@stevenxia2944 That is a bit exaggerated!
Great video, my son lives there and we visited him two years ago..... thank you.
My son moved there for a while before moving on to Auckland. If I was younger I'd be looking to make the move from the UK to Wellington, it's a lovely place.
Hi tim, it's a really a beautiful city,i'll bet you can not wait to go back there,take care cheer's bob.
Hello Robert, there is so much to see and do there, it punches way above its weight and "Yes" I am looking forward to visiting again.
Beautiful and awesome video! Please make more videos! Thanks!
Thank you, I am pleased you enjoyed this video, there are plenty more on my channel, please take a look and hopefully some of them might be of interest to you.
super nice view Kapiticoast. those elektrick trains are mutch better.silenct and clean.
Outstanding Video
Tha white Houses Are Stunning
The sky Amazing ,, The Sea so beautiful
Many thanks For Very Big Efforts 🤩🤗
Hi, I don't know why, but the colours in New Zealand always appear bright and vibrant, changing as the day progresses, finishing with amazing sunsets. Thank you for your kind comment, I'm pleased you enjoyed the video.
@@Timsvideochannel1 welcome Dear Friend More than Wonderful Your Work 🥸😎
Beautiful wellington, hope to visit again gor the 4th time this year
Wish I could be there, the Covid19 regulations are likely to stop me from visiting my son in NZ for at least another six months, maybe longer.
Everyone is facing hard time during this pandemic, im just waiting when the borders will be opened so that i could fly to my dream country New Zealand.
@@dungeonandragons Let us hope the borders are open soon, I'm really missing my trips to New Zealand, it’s such a wonderful country.
nice coast,windpower 6.nice for fishing Makreel
the wetter is very good Tim.everyting fresh and green,stil not yet a T.Rex.hahahaha.
Tim,
Wonderful adventure, beautiful sunsets. Looking at your comments, I now know why you have many adventures to NZ and to visit your family.
Have a great day. Ted
Hello Ted, Wellington is a place I'd chose to live if I was going to make New Zealand my home, it really is a lovely city. My son lived in and around the city for about 10 years before moving to Auckland. It is likely I would never have travel so much had my children not decided to live all over the world. I'm glad they did, it has opened my eyes to the wonderful world out there.
Like my dear, greetings from Brazil.
Thank you and a Big Hello from England 😊
Ah Wellington. There is no where quite like it is there. I've been lucky to have time and the money to catch the Capital Connection down there for a day, then catch it back to Levin quite a few times over the last 25 odd years. While also having plenty of wee holidays down there with family. It never gets old.
Hi, I see from your videos that you are familiar with this wonderful rail journey along the Kapiti Coast, I can't think of a more picturesque commute to work. I've grown to love Wellington over the years, one of the most relaxing cities I've had the pleasure to visit
Hello great video , like , super
Hi, it is a nice city, I'm glad you enjoyed the video 😊
Very nice and interesting video!! Like!
Thank you, I am pleased you enjoyed it.
Super film!
Thank you 😊
Ahh Tim my hometown. There is nothing like driving on the road rom Petone to Wellington on a cloudless windless day. Thanks mate for this reminder of my hometown now I live in Aus. Well it was nice to drive past my sisters house in Eastbourne near the shopping centre and on to Days Bay were we were as kids. Many happy days there. Take care Tim all the best from me
Hi John, it must have been a difficult decision to leave such wonderful place, although Oz also boasts some awesome cities as well. Considering Wellington is a capital city, it is a relaxed place where people have time to enjoy the views, especially from the water front cafes. I am editing Part 2 at the moment, visiting places that are not on the normal tourist route, the kind of places frequented by Wellingtonians rather than foreign tourists, I often stayed at a Backpackers on the seafront at Plimmerton that has just about the best view to be had anywhere along the Kapiti coast. I'm glad you enjoyed this visit to your hometown. Cheers. Tim.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Plimmerton well well my grandad had a bach there at the top of the hill. Used to jump the fence and walk down to the beach. We had many happy summers there. In the time of Peter Paul and Mary and the seekers. I need a big country that’s why I came to Aus so much to explore over here looking forward to part 2. Hope to get back to NZ and see my sis in Wellington next year as both are pretty much covid free. Take care Tim and keep up the good work. I have also been watching Wynton Marsalis and his band the JLCO on CZcams very inspiring in this interesting time as the Chinese would say. Cheers mate😎🎩
@@johnmchardy1229 Hi, I have not come across Wynton Marsalis and his band the JLCO, curiosity got the better of me, so searched CZcams and found this - czcams.com/video/h-z0vtPubKQ/video.html I have only listened to a few minutes so far, but it's my kind of music, I know what I'll be listening to tomorrow at work. When my son moved to New Zealand, Plimmerton was his first home, the guy who owned the Backpackers at the time also had a house on the seafront, part of which he rented to my son and his wife. I had planned on visiting Tasmania this year, but the virus put an end to that, although as it turned out we had a superb summer here in the UK, even if we were restricted to our back gardens. Australia is a big country and far more varied than I had realised, I'm looking forward to being able to travel again, my back garden doesn't have the same appeal now winter has arrived. Take care. Tim 👍😉
@@Timsvideochannel1 Tim if you like this as you do. They found a girl called Kate Davis. I tell you she is special you feel like you are back in the 30's when Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie etc. This is the business I tell you enjoy this one too.
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Hi Tim! I can only say that this is a wonderful country. There's always something going on in the city. Everything is very well maintained. Nature conservation is certainly very important. Road traffic is a problem all over the world. So it is best to sit in the "Jungle Express" and enjoy the country from the window. I will soon send you an email with "important" information from Austria. Best regards from Hans. 😊🇦🇹🍺
Hello Hans, I hope you and your family are keeping well. Wellington is a lovely city, the countryside is never far away, although it is small, it has a big city buzz about it, as you say there is always something going on. Its funny how cars caused railways to contract, today it is the number of cars on the road that is causing railways to find a new lease of life, all over the world cities are investing in their railways as cars choke cities to death, both with pollution and congestion. I'll look out for your Email. Take care. Tim.
Welkom back Tim and yor Misses. are the railroads only smaltrack and not 143½ cm?
Hello Tim, when you posted the Wellington suburban line a long time ago, I spontaneously fell in love with Wellington. I was particularly fascinated by its urban lightness with the French touch, as can be seen on the streets. If I had to live on the North Island, Wellington would be my first choice. - Greetings, Heinz
Wellington grew on me, the first time I visited it was a wet and windy day, the city was not at its best, the second time I went it had been rocked by a quake a day or two earlier and there was a lot of damage being cleared up. My remaining 4 or 5 visits have been in much better weather, on such days the city goes outdoors and comes to life. It is an area I'd choose to live in if I moved to New Zealand's North Island.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Hi, "(...) windy day". In fact, isn't Wellington too windy all the way through ???
@@joannabialek2864 I guess there is a reason why New Zealanders refer to Wellington as "Windy Wellington".
@@Timsvideochannel1 Thanks Tim. But how can you enjoy staying in such a windy place? As the weather has somehow impact on our wellbeing.
@@joannabialek2864 The wind is warm and lazy, although it is noticeable it isn't overbearing.
this is the country i would love to come to one day from australia
Australia is home to some very nice cities, if you get an opportunity to visit New Zealand, Wellington is well worth visiting, in Part 2, I will show some of the places tourists are not so aware of.
Don't look like it's changed much In the last 30, 40, 50 years, She's still Wellington. You going to do a trip up the Valley. Then I can really feel homesick AF. Living in Brazil for the past 10 years 600km inland from the coast.
My dream country to live
It's a wonderful country and Wellington is one of the best cities in the world.
Gutted we didn't get a chance to go to Wellington. Looks like it's worth a visit
I'm sorry you missed this gem of a city, although as you have been lucky enough to visit New Zealand, I'm sure you got to see some of the other gems this wonderful country offers.
Hi, I have watched some of your videos, I see you got to see some wonderful places.
@@Timsvideochannel1 absolutely. The coast lines on the South Island were stunning.
Nice Video! Kind regards
Thank you, I appreciate your comment.
By the way.how is the food in New sealand? can you tel me about it please?
Wellington has a tonne of different places to eat - all sorts of cuisines
A very Pacific Northwest vibe going on there, but with fewer people.
It all adds up to a really pleasant experience, large crowds are rare in New Zealand, except when it comes to rugby matches.
@@Timsvideochannel1 LMAO! So the clichés are true! They love their footy! 😎
@@patrickfitzgerald2861 They live for it 😉👍
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Why not put the video camera at the front? Melbourne excels in that regard.
Hi Bill, there are some excellent videos on CZcams showing driver's eye views of Melbourne's trams and trains, the reason I chose the back was because the best views are seen from the back, although I guess the back does become the front when the tram goes back down the hill.
i have send yor video to one old friend.he was living in New Sealand with hese Wife. he is Dutch.hese parents living here in mine town Heerhugowaard,lol. how small is this plannet.not?
I hope your friend enjoys the video, it is a lovely city. Many times whilst travelling I discover that people I meet live close to me on two occasions their homes were visible from my house. It is a small world.
i have never seen New sealand air in Schiphol airport Amsterdam,lol.
nice video brother , are you from new zealand ?
Cheers, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. I live in England, although I visit my son and his family in New Zealand as often as I can.
@@Timsvideochannel1 can you share your social media handle so i can be in touch with you
@@1minuteknowledgetv271 Hi, I am not great at keeping up to date with my social media, although I do check it out at least once a week. If you open my CZcams channel page and look for "about" click on it to find an Email address, also on my channel page you should see a link to a Facebook Page associated with this channel. I hope this helps. Tim.
Sorry Tim,but left driving sucks for me.creapy to see.lol.they have to laern richt driving,thats normal,
P.S; Spelling check:Rimutaka not Remutaka. As in the Rimu tree.
Hi, I used to spell Remutaka (Rimutaka) until I was fact checking, using the internet where confusion reigns, in the end I went with this article - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remutaka_Range where I found this explanation - The Remutaka Range (spelled Rimutaka Range before 2017) I imagine both spellings are equally acceptable these days.
@@Timsvideochannel1 OK thanks,I have been using Rimu,the spelling and the tree all my life,I will "stick" with that."
@@simonalexandercritchley439 Life is never simple, my spell check is set to English, English as opposed to American, English, but it still try's to spell Colour as Color. In Part 2, I am considering including some photos of the Rimutaka Incline museum, after all it was the Rimutaka Range when fell locomotives were used haul trains over the hill.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Worth a visit to Featherston.There is a group trying to re-instate the Incline,they have a shed at Maymorn.I used to ride the incline quite often in the nineties and do the mtb race sometimes.Yes,the bias is definetly towards American english(oxymoron).
@@simonalexandercritchley439 Hi, I've visited the museum at Featherston, the fell locomotive looks good, but it would be even better to see it in action, the museum at Maymorn can be seen from passing trains, I've been tempted to visit, but time is always against me, it would be nice to take a look next time I'm in New Zealand. English is an odd language, people in Newcastle (England) have a dictionary of their own and if I'm in Glasgow, I have real difficulty understanding people. If it wasn't for American Movies, I'd only understand half of what Americans are saying - Car bonnet (Hood) - Car boot (Trunk) - Dustbin (Trash can) - Train driver (Engineer), the list goes on.
Reykjavik, Iceland is also a small beautiful capital city
I have passed through the airport at Reykjavik on my way from the UK to the USA, maybe I should stop over for a few days next time to take a look around.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Iceland is beautiful and isolated like NZ
@@nirmaljose8119 I have a friend who goes camping in iceland, the photgraghs he takes are awesome, an extended stopover is on my list of things to do.
Very nice, indeed! Though Wellington, smaller than Auckland, is NZ's Capital, I'd hazzard a guess that Wellington would dwarf Australia's capital, Canberra, somehow. The entire Australian Capital Territory is barely more than Canberra and its suburbs, and honestly, the ACT should not have separate status at all. It should be regarded simply as a region of NSW, like the Hunter Valley, New England, Riverina, Illawarra, etc.
Hi Neil. glad you enjoyed it, just as people often think of Auckland as New Zealand's capital, they also think of Sydney as being Australia's capital whereas as you bring to our attention Canberra is the capital, it is also only the 8th largest city in Oz. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington. Using these two articles, both cities are relatively small, Canberra having a population of 426,704 (2019) and Wellington 215,100 (2020). Facts and figures make interesting comparisons.
@@Timsvideochannel1 I wasn't going on population, I was going on geographical size. And I was hazarding a guess, as it was. And yes, Sydney is often cited as Australia's Capital by people, particularly in America, who are almost totally ignorant of the existence of any other country outside their own borders.
@@neilforbes416 yes Sydney his the largest city in australia by population and size and not all americans are ingorant
It should be regarded simply as a region of NSW, like the Hunter Valley, New England, Riverina, Illawarra, etc.i wouldn't say so
@@neilforbes416 ho bart excluding canberra is australias smallest city and why do you have a thing about America
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@@Timsvideochannel1 QUE BIEN. GRACIAS!!
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