After breakfast we went for a walk at the dog friendly beach at Island Bay with Jamie and Whisky. (Kerry is working long shifts today and tomorrow.) Then after a coffee at Burwah Street we had lunch at a new (to us) Seashore Cabaret café in Lower Hutt which is delightful, overlooking the sea and with similar vibes to the Maranui Café in Lyall Bay.
Jamie took us for a walk along the nearby beautiful Korokoro Valley. The path through leafy forested valley reminded me just a little bit of Chatelherault Country Park, because of the trees and the river, but it is much more exotic, with Podocarpus conifers and Kohekohe trees, tree ferns and bushes with pink or yellow flowers. The Korokoro Stream supplies its water. This forest is special as most others in the area have been cut down for land development; it has probably survived because the river is a water supply for the area.
Needless to say I soon overheated, and headed back down the valley while James and Jamie continued on to the higher dam. I felt very peaceful sitting on a bench listening to the woodland noises. Two fantails came down from the foliage to visit me, they were very cute; the fantail is favourite New Zealand bird.
Later we went for dinner with Jamie to an Asian fusion restaurant called Koji; it was absolutely excellent and the flavours were delicious and very unusual. We had a lovely chat. Back at Burwah Street we were reunited with Whisky dog and James and Jamie had a wee dram before James and I walked back to our tiny Airbnb in Island Bay.
Jamie took us for a walk along the nearby beautiful Korokoro Valley. The path through leafy forested valley reminded me just a little bit of Chatelherault Country Park, because of the trees and the river, but it is much more exotic, with Podocarpus conifers and Kohekohe trees, tree ferns and bushes with pink or yellow flowers. The Korokoro Stream supplies its water. This forest is special as most others in the area have been cut down for land development; it has probably survived because the river is a water supply for the area.
Needless to say I soon overheated, and headed back down the valley while James and Jamie continued on to the higher dam. I felt very peaceful sitting on a bench listening to the woodland noises. Two fantails came down from the foliage to visit me, they were very cute; the fantail is favourite New Zealand bird.
Later we went for dinner with Jamie to an Asian fusion restaurant called Koji; it was absolutely excellent and the flavours were delicious and very unusual. We had a lovely chat. Back at Burwah Street we were reunited with Whisky dog and James and Jamie had a wee dram before James and I walked back to our tiny Airbnb in Island Bay.
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