We picnicked on the lawn at the Bason Botanical Gardens. A sheltered and sunny spot, good for eating and reading. The gardens were gifted to the city by previous owners. Whanganui has some wonderful benefactors and volunteers and the city seemed to have grasped the opportunity with both hands. We wandered through conservatories, up and down valleys of wetlands, gums, kauri, rimu and flower gardens.
Castlecliff beach. I can't remember ever going there before but Harry had in another life. I was expecting something like yesterday's little gem (perhaps minus a few signs), perhaps a cliff?Wind swept (that's ok), long sandy beach cut by the river to the south (quite a dramatic scene as river meets sea).Not a walking day. The town isn't the cute little seaside village though. It has quite a bit of industry (eg petfood), but I guess the appeal is in the cute little seaside cottages surrounded by grass (few plants enjoy that strong, sandy and salty wind). So we didn't stay long. Went to the info centre. "What's happening on new years eve?" we asked. "We only know what people tell us" I was told. Really I thought - a bit of proactive googling from the info centre could be useful. I had already done that and knew the answer "not a lot". So we had a coffee, wandered through the winter gardens and along the river before going back to our digs for some pasta.
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