2/365 Somes Island

Today we visited Somes Island in Wellington Harbour (Maori name is Matiu Island). This picture is taken from the top, looking south to the harbour heads.


Some points of note:


- the World War 1/2-era bunkers, now mossy and unused.


- the white dots: these are seagulls, and it turned out they weren't very pleased to see us! My son was the first one to realise they were diving at us... good ol' Dad was far too busy taking photos, and didn't realise until it was pointed out that the angry birds' screeches were abruptly peaking in volume as said bird would swoop past right above our heads. Translation: "GET LOST! /SCREECH/". Classic.


And... did you know you can actually camp overnight there? No, neither did I. That would be kind of neat I reckon...

Ref: Matiu/Somes Island Scientific and Historic Reserve: Wellington area places to visit