These photos are of Island Bay, about 15 minutes south of Wellington CBD with a trolley car route to and from the city centre. There was a small row of local shops including a butcher and baker on the way into the area so some local facilities.
The local dive centre 'Splash Gordon' is also located in Island Bay which is a bonus. They operate the local boat charter and they also have a club.
Then I drove North a bit to Whitby. This is about 20 minutes north on the motorway out of Wellington. A lovely drive but it can be busy in the mornings. There is a train link to Wellington too so that could be an option.
Whitby has more modern housing but feels less of a community than Island Bay. There was a village centre which had a supermarket, Plunket Nursery, Vet etc. so good for local facilities.
Some of the modern estates reminded me of the film set from ET!
Finally I headed East into the Hutt valley and briefly visited Upper and Lower Hutt.
This is quite urbanised and the route back to Wellington was busy even heading into the city at the end of the day when everyone else was heading North. It was good to get a comparison though.
I met David Swann for dinner at 7pm - we had a few beers and then went for an Indian. The food was excellent as it has been all week. A good amount of Asian influence as well as loads of Sushi...hoorah!
We had a really good chat about the role and began to discuss the offer which should be ready for me on Friday. The best news was the relocation package - Eagle will pay for our goods plus ourselves to get to NZ which is excellent. That frees us up to work out what is best for Oakley...
All in all a good day!
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