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| New Zealand grasses. The train line is right above! |
Wellingtonians who live in the inner suburbs think nothing of walking into town on the various tracks and paths that lead down to the harbour.
We recently joined friends on the path down the Ngaio Gorge. Our destination was the well-known
Bordeaux Bakery on Thorndon Quay.
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| Cabbage tree |
For part of the way this is a walk through native bush where the trees and grasses look sort of familiar, but they are not. Even the air smells exotic to a Canadian nose used to the mixed forest of The Bruce Trail. There were no mammal sightings -- no squirrels or chipmunks running across our path -- since New Zealand has no indiginous species other than birds and reptiles. I was thrilled to recognize the bell-like song of the
tuis who seem to love these woodsy tracks right in the middle of the city.
A billboard welcomes us into town.
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