We left Wellington in the sun and headed North on Route 1 which started as a motorway and slowly deteriorated in to a minor road although there was some heavy traffic at first. We stopped at Porirua Bay and took some photos and then had a coffee in Paraparaumu a nice little place on the sea.
The journey for the next few hours was quite flat and only when we got near to a 
town called Bulls did the scenery improve. Bulls is a boring place in the middle of nowhere which decided it wanted to become famous and so used the word Bull after many names. So you have the local police station called ConstuBull etc. See photos on web for more details.
We arrived in Wanganui about mid afternoon and headed down town where they
had decided to brighten up the place by putting flower baskets everywhere, and it worked. At about 5 pm everything closed, apart from the odd café/bar. We went to the only decent bar in town and had a beer before heading back to the Motel for dinner and a DVD from the Motel reception. Our first impressions of Wanganui were not to good only, see tomorrows blog for an updated on our views.
town called Bulls did the scenery improve. Bulls is a boring place in the middle of nowhere which decided it wanted to become famous and so used the word Bull after many names. So you have the local police station called ConstuBull etc. See photos on web for more details.
had decided to brighten up the place by putting flower baskets everywhere, and it worked. At about 
