May 1st, 2013 by Jeremy
May 2nd Dear Commuter Writing today it feels as if we really are having an Indian summer. Superb weather and everyone smiling! Love it! Now to housekeeping matters… We are a little late in letting you know but we’ve been waiting on the weather to make up its mind. We’ve now scheduled the City Cat [...]
March 4th, 2013 by Jeremy
Dear Commuter They say “You can’t beat Wellington on a Good Day!” Well we say you can’t beat Wellington on a good month! What a cracker February has been and March looks more of the same! Did you know Wellingtonians are the happiest New Zealanders? Yep I reckon there’s a new slogan in that somewhere [...]
November 27th, 2012 by Jeremy
Dear Commuter It’s another beautiful start to the week with fine weather so that’s got us all sufficiently primed for the festivities of the red carpet extravaganza and The Hobbit premiere on Wednesday. The forecast is for continuing fine weather through Wednesday so Peter Jackson must have more contacts that we thought high up above! [...]
September 26th, 2012 by Jeremy
Dear Commuter Daylight Saving kicks in this weekend with a good forecast so it looks as though we might be blessed with two cracker weekends of weather in a row! Is this a sign of perhaps a superb summer to come? Absolutely I say, always being the optimist! But seriously, good weather cheers us all [...]
June 21st, 2012 by Jeremy
Dear Commuter Today’s the Winter Solstice and we all need a bit of cheering up especially in view of the weather lately. The Winter Solstice is the longest night and the shortest day. Now for you purists, the actual date and time for this year’s Solstice is today, June 21 at 18:46 (6:46pm); this is [...]
February 13th, 2012 by Jeremy
Dear Commuter We’re now firmly back into the swing of things after the New Year break. February’s traditionally a lovely month for weather and we certainly deserve it after a very mixed bag for January! We’re thrilled to have you commuting with us in 2012 and we look forward to being of service to you [...]
December 20th, 2011 by Jeremy
Commuter Newsletter Dear Commuter One week to Christmas! Wow at times it seems eons away and then all of a sudden it’s upon us! The weather gods tell us it’s going to be a good summer with not much wind. With the weather over the last couple of weeks it feels they may well have [...]
September 6th, 2011 by Jeremy
Commuter Newsletter Dear Commuter We hope you have been enjoying the sunny days and calm sailings as much as we have! CONGRATULATIONS to Nick Fahey, July’s winner of a complimentary 10-trip ticket and Tracy Withers, August’s winner! This could be you – simply make sure you put your used 10 trip tickets or monthly passes [...]
June 10th, 2011 by Jeremy
Dear Commuter The winter solstice is fast approaching …. Tuesday 21st June. This is our shortest day of the year when the sun will be at its most northerly point and at its lowest altitude. So to cheer everyone up and celebrate heading to longer days we’re concocting a mulled wine recipe we think you’ll [...]
May 12th, 2011 by Jeremy
Dear Commuter We are absolutely thrilled to advise that as of this afternoon, Thursday 12th February, the City Cat is back to full service after its lengthy refit. So this afternoon/evening all our sailings are running ie from Queens Wharf to Days Bay: 3.40pm via Seatoun 4.30pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 5.50pm via Seatoun 6.30pm 7.00pm So [...]