On Friday I paddled for five and half hours around the harbour.
I went all the way from Petone down past the Eastbourne road end, across the harbour entrance, up to the lagoon in Wellington, then up past the docks and along beside the motorway back to Petone.
It was a really good trip. But it was incredibly boring. I haven't got any sports head phones so I just shoved my phone into my life jacket and hoped I didn't tip over. I actually drove myself a little insane, not going to lie. There is a song from Friends that Phoebe plays... "Smelly Cat", and that got stuck in my head for about half an hour, it was very annoying.
The last ten kilometres paddling up the motorway were pretty grueling. I did see a big seal while I was out there and that was pretty cool.
Oh and my ice cream from Café Ice was really good two.
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Map.
Flat as.
All my gear laid out at Petone.
Pepin.
Looking South out to the Strait.
Seal, really big. Kind of scary...
Peninsula down by Breaker Bay.
Some birds.
Chequered lighthouse.
Wellington lagoon.
Fountain.
Big ship...
Really big ship.
Wellington, from afar.
The Petone wharf, I was glad to see that.
And I'm back.