Fathers Day to Wellington Train Trip
Board our diesel-hauled air-conditioned train for your Fathers Day trip to Wellington. The train will depart from the Palmerston North railway station and quickly take you to the Wellington railway station.
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We will stop at Paraparaumu, allowing you to board our bus Southward Car Museum .Self pay for entry.
At the Wellington Railway Station, local suburban buses can take you to the Wellington Zoo catch the bus to the zoo for the day.
Other options in the city (own cost)
Home and Garden Show . Purchase your own tickets, at the Sky Stadium.
Parliament 12 o'clock tour of Parliament available to book through this link. Self book through this link.
Craft Beer Brewery tour Follow the trail and walk your way around the self-guided trail
Ride the Wellington Cable Car www.wellingtoncablecar.co.nz...
Visit Weta Workshops www.wetaworkshop.com...
There will be time in Wellington to visit the family for a leisurely catch-up and lunch.
Book at this link
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Time to Tickle Your Thinker 🧠
If a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?
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