Ok, so time has got the better of me and I've been slack in updating my blog. But here's a further update on our road trip of New Zealand back in April.
After visiting the Bay Of Islands the next stop on our road trip of New Zealand was Rotorua. This area has many geothermal attractions including geysers, boiling mud and steaming water. The geothermal activity also results in a lot of sulphur gas in the air (rotten egg gas), and for this reason it was probably fortunate I found no second hand book stores in the town as I suspect they would have absorbed the smell. Regardless, if you ever visit NZ you should definitely visit this area.
After visiting the Bay Of Islands the next stop on our road trip of New Zealand was Rotorua. This area has many geothermal attractions including geysers, boiling mud and steaming water. The geothermal activity also results in a lot of sulphur gas in the air (rotten egg gas), and for this reason it was probably fortunate I found no second hand book stores in the town as I suspect they would have absorbed the smell. Regardless, if you ever visit NZ you should definitely visit this area.
After leaving Rotorua we headed south. We had a snack break in a small town named Sanson that also had a large second-hand book store. I found no Bonds and the large sign on the front door "Absolutely no photos inside" stopped me from taking any further snaps.
The last city we visited on the North Island was the capital Wellington. Prior to our arrival here I'd emailed another James Bond book collector, John F who lives in NZ, to learn the location of some second hand book stores to visit. He summed it up in two words; Cuba Street.
The last city we visited on the North Island was the capital Wellington. Prior to our arrival here I'd emailed another James Bond book collector, John F who lives in NZ, to learn the location of some second hand book stores to visit. He summed it up in two words; Cuba Street.
So my wife and I grabbed a map of the city and walked the streets. The first store we found was Ferret Bookshop at 175 Cuba Street.
Next we walked to Pegasus Books Shop at 204a Left Bank just a little down he street. No luck here either but they a huge variety of books, all well organised and in good condition.
We then walked down Cuba Street to Arty Bees Books.
Arty Bees Books is located at the corner of Cuba and Manners Streets. It was easily the largest second hand book store I visited in the North Island and the way it was laid out and the way the books were organised reminded me of Russells Books in Canada. It felt like the store sold new books, not second hand ones.
Finally we managed to drop by Whicoulls book store on the way back to our hotel. This chain of stores selling new books is common throughout NZ.
And here's a couple of other snaps of the sights of Wellington:
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