Living in a Winter Wonderland- the time it snowed in North Wellington

Published on 15 August 2011 by in Local News, Out and about in North Wellington

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Wellington snow August 2011

Photos from the time it snowed in North Wellington by David Garratt.

[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_001.jpg]
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_008-2.jpg]Lynda Ave reserve in paparangi
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_010-2.jpg]
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_012-2.jpg]looking North towards Tawa
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_013-3.jpg]Mc Lintock St in johnsonville looking towards Newlands
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_013.jpg]Mt kaukau in the morning light
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_014.jpg]Woodridge and the development area between Newlands and Grenada Village
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_015.jpg]Churton Park
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_023.jpg]Snowboarding above Johnsonville on Old Coach Rd ridgeline
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_024.jpg]Carving the Wellington snow
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_025.jpg]Tarikaka Village Ngaio
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_028.jpg]Onslow College Playing field
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_029-2.jpg]
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_030.jpg]Broderick Rd intersection
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_034.jpg]St Andrews in Johnsonville
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_038.jpg]snowboarding on mt kaukau
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_051.jpg]
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_055.jpg]snow duckie
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_062-2.jpg]Petone and Rimutakas from Newlands
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_064.jpg]Harbour vista from Bellevue Estate in Newlands
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_066.jpg]
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_067.jpg]
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_071.jpg]building a snow man
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_097.jpg]
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_102.jpg]over johnsonville from above McLintock St
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_112.jpg]Ohariu Valley
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_150.jpg]looking from Johnsonville ridgeline towards the makara wind farm and the South Island in the far distance
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_153.jpg]Mt Kaukau
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_190.jpg]
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_002-2.jpg]Broderick Road, Johnsonville
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_003-2.jpg]Fisher St, Johnsonville
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_413.jpg]Snow Angel
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_006-2.jpg]Alex Moore Park under a snow blanket
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_007-2.jpg]Onslow College gym
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_020.jpg]looking towards Mt Kaukau from Hunters Hill in Grenada Village
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_022.jpg]
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_033.jpg]snow cone anyone? Mc Donalds in Johnsonville with workers trying to complete the Mc Cafe facelift in sub zero temperatures
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_035.jpg]looking from St Andrews to the main round about in Johnsonville
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_065.jpg]
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_079.jpg]
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_102_0.jpg]
[img src=http://northernsuburbs.co.nz/wp-content/flagallery/snow-aug2011/thumbs/thumbs_snowplanet.jpg]a fun snow planet - made from a pic of the Churton Park syline wrapped around itself
a little snow planet

I would be remiss if I didn’t duck out with my new fancy Canon camera and catch a few images of the heaviest snow in Wellington for decades. What a magical 72 hours!!!!

Click the Fullscreen (FS) tab at bottom right of the gallery above to see a bigger version of the images. If you want to see as a slideshow, click the SL tab. Not sure where the image was taken? Click the little “i” to the top right of the main image for a description

PS. the last pic in the set is a little snow planet I created in photoshop by taking a panorama shot of the snow on the Churton Park ridgeline and warping it around itself. Fun aye!

 

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