Weekend drive to Eastbourne, Wellington

nie dua minggu lepas punya aktiviti ...punya lah lama aku peram sebab terlalu sibuk ..tkde masa sangat nak buat posting ...bak kata abang ngah tadi ..my weekdays adalah sangat2 tak koser dia nak dengar kesibukan melampau aku ...hahahah nak buat camne ...aku kena rajin2 kan diri lah ...

anyway 2 weeks ago bangun2 saturday tu dapat text from Kak Shidah tanya whether aku free nak teman dia gi jalan2 ke Upper Hutt ...sebab aku dah cancel my party for that night atas sebab2 peribadi (sila lah muntah hahahaha) so that weekend memang aku free ..ingat nak golek2 kat rumah ajer but offer Kak Shidah was too good to miss ...they came and picked me up at 11 gitu ...and was told that there was a change of plan ..tak jadi gi Upper Hutt coz takde aktiviti yang menarik, so we will just be driving up the coast to Eastbourne ....i memang tak kisah, eastbourne pun eastbourne lah kan hehehe ...

ni actually masa balik to Petone from Eastbourne

it is actually located kat outer surburb of Welly ...ada ferry gi direct sini coz it is like a tourist places ...or popular day trip destination bagi tourist ...kalau from Welly ambik ferry untuk ke sini ...ferry punya landing point kat Eastbourne dikenali sebagai Days Bay Wharf ...kalau tak nak naik ferry ..naik bus pon boleh ...or macam kitorang, just drive up here ...scenic ride sebenarnya coz melalui coastal area ...about 30 min kalau tak jam ...katanya kalau jam can be up to sejam jugak lah ....ferry ride pun lebih kurang ajer i.e. 20-30 mins by ferry...

tempat ferry landing di kejauhan 

kebetulan ada ferry nak landing masa kami dok melepak kat situ

first stop kitorang was at the Eastbourne (or rather Days Bay wharf) ...saja stop to enjoy the view ..and weather hari itu sangat bagus ...with angin sepoi2 bahasa ajer ...but even then the water was rather choppy ....lepak kat pantai tu best jugak ...just menengok org and pemandangan ...mendamaikan ...

 di kejauhan itu adalah Welly city ...

posing itu harus ....kak shidah and anita dah tahu peel aku ..and dorang layan ..hehehe ...lama gak kami lepak and sembang kat situ ....

pas melepak nie kami bertiga menapak menyusuri pantai ..heading towards the cafes etc kat the end of the beach ...sampai sana jumpa pulak this art gallery ..so masuk and look see look see ...all things are so nice but akak takde $$$ masa tu ...ingat takde duit tapi i did not know yang duit aku dah masuk akaun the day before hahaha kalau tak sure aku dah sambar one NZ green stone pendant for myself!

banyak rumah2 kat tepi2 pantai nie ..sure best giler pemandangan from rumah dorang kan ...hari2 ngadap pantai lol ...agak2 macam tu kot perasaan org kat PD yang rumah dekat pantai ...apa kata abang ngah???

from there we drove aimlessly kat area tu ...saja tengok2 rumah kat kawasan tu ...memang cantik2 lah ...jenis rumah2 besar ...tak ambik gambar ..takut owner nampak ...cuma park tepi jalan and had a look see look see ajer ...

aku paksa anita kuar ambik gambar ...hehehe sebab dia dok depan ..and aku kat seat belakang ...pas ambik gambar jalan, dia gi snap gambar2 bunga kat luar rumah org pulak ...and siap ada butterfly tu!

and pokok tamarillo ...first time nampak pokok nie ..aku biasa dengar tamarillo juice gitu ..but tak tau rupa buah and pokok nya macam mana

from this area, we drove further north to another beach .....masa dok lepak2 here lah ternampak kulit2 mussels ..and suddenly craving for mussels ...terus lah Kak Sidah and I plan nak beli mussels there and then ...but anita dok kata nak laksa Sarawak ..and guess what, Kak Shidah kata dia boleh buat that evening coz she has all the ingredients ...so, our beach trip ended there sebab nak gi beli mussels and nak masak laksa hahahaha ...food always win ok!

kat rumpai2 nie lah aku terjumpa nampak banyak cengkerang mussels ...was told that kat Eastbourne nie ada tempat orang kutip mussels sebenarnya ...but i think i rather buy lah daripada kutip sendiri ;-)

so since decided nak makan and masak semua tu, we all beredar tanpa berlengah2 lagi hahaha but before heading to Khandallah, we all stop for lunch break kat Petone ...yang tu aku cerita in another posting ...

Note: kalau melancong ke Welly in a very short duration, perhaps this could be one of the things to do ...as tourist lah ...kalau nak yang day-trip here using the ferry tu is worth considering ...boleh naik ferrr ke sini ..so will experience the ferry ride ..had a look round the beach and explore the tiny town ..and take the ferry back to Welly ...