Sanctuary Weekend

We have just had a great weekend touring some of Wellington's wildlife sanctuaries. On Saturday (the 14th of April), we went to the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, of which we are now members, and did an 8km hike to and from the wind turbine in Brooklyn. The views were fantastic and the hike was so peaceful. Then on Sunday we took a ferry to Somes Island in the middle of Wellington Harbour. The island itself used to be an animal quarantine for the entire country, but now it a wildlife sanctuary. They have recently begun to introduce species to the island that are failing elsewhere in New Zealand. Sadly, we didn't get to see any penguins, but we did see parakeets, shags, giant wetas, and skinks.