We also made it down to the Te Papa today.
It doesn't charge admission fees, just asks for a donation, which makes for a leisural outing. We actually only stayed for about an hour today. Here are some highlights (click photos for larger images) -
Bush city is a small nature garden complete with a cave, sand pit (with hidden fossils), mini creak, swinging bridge, and of course a waterfall littered with boulders of various rock for those geo geeks out there.
There was an exhibit on ecological footprints. I thought this display on the components of trash was well done:
It break it down into paper, compost, plastic bags, glass/plastic bottles, cans, and styrofoam and explains how much of each is tossed by kiwis (and how long each takes to decompose - if ever).
Then a hit with all ages is the spinable water ball. This huge stone ball is suspended with water so that you can roll it with your hands. A clever way to name sponsors too whos names are etched on the side of the ball.
Better yet, I reckon if you put these outside bathrooms or schools with a bit of soap tossed in, you'd have little need remind kids to wash their hands.
And outside is a skatepark and a bit further along the harbour the playground I mentioned a few posts ago. Here are a few more details from that playground.
A sand pit with coffee nearby for the parental units is good...
.. but adding water to make wet to sand is even better (with bathrooms and water spouts for the parental units again nearby for their comfort and sanity)
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