I decided last week to have an Adventure Day. I hopped in my car and went up Highway No 1, from Wellington.
First I went to the mall in Porirua for a couple of hours. Then I drove to Fisherman's Table, a casual buffet restaurant that's right on the highway. I had a table by the window, and a great meal. Kapiti Island looked fantastic from the restaurant.
I carried on driving, past the Paraparaumu mall, round the next corner, and down to Paraparaumu Beach. I had a long walk on the sands. Kapiti Island was directly across from me.
Visitors never used to be able to visit Kapiti. It was tapu (taboo). But now if a visitor books through - I think - DOC (Department of Conservation), they can get a boat ride aross the water from Paraparaumu. It's especially lovely over the summer months.
A few years' ago, I hiked to the top of the island, but a visitor doesn't have to do this in the few hours that they're there. There are song-birds, swimming, wandering along different tracks, and just picnic-ing.
Kapiti Island, from Paraparaumu Beach.
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