Aotea Lagoon

Today I decided to check out Aotea Lagoon, since I hadn't been there before. It's an artificial lagoon, cut off from the rest of the Porirua harbour by the railway line and motorway. The park is a reasonably nice place, with a small formal garden at one end, the lagoon in the middle with a (disused?) mini-railway line running around it, and a children's play area at the other end. I spent about an hour exploring the park thoroughly and taking photos, then decided to do a quick non-stop lap around the lagoon itself. At least that was the plan. I slowed down to have another look at part of the railway line and stopped for a minute or so to watch some ducklings pottering about. According to the city council web site, the distance around the water's edge is 732 metres, and my nearly-non-stop lap took 15 minutes. I haven't yet looked to see how the photos came out. In the meantime, here are some I found on someone else's blog.