Hi there
Yesterday :(Sunday) I hopped on the bus and went down to the Oriental Bay area in Wellington. It is supposedly named after an early pioneer ship.
Oriental Bay beach is sort of the snobs' beach where the golden sand is periodically brought in from elsewhere in the country and raked over to perfection. It's a city beach. Wellingtonians and tourists love to leisurely promenade along the pavement.
In the early 1900's when my mother was a young woman, and over every Easter, most Wellingtonians would parade around Oriental Bay in their Sunday best, striving for one-upmanship in the fashion stakes of the day. On the top open level of the rotunda, a brass band would play. I believe the rotunda is now being brought back to former glory.
Tucked at the side of the main beach is Freyberg Beach where I swam yesterday. The water was lovely and there was a southerly wind which promised well for the waters at Oriental Bay but not so much for Hataitai Beach where the sea performs calmer in a northerly.
The hard gritty sand at Oriental Bay always reminds me of kitty litter....
above: Oriental Bay. Framed picture straight from my hall wall. The red roof the other side of the bay is the rotunda.
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