Wellington Down Under launched at Capital Books by the Mayor of Wellington

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Wellington Down Under launched at Capital Books by the Mayor of Wellington

The latest book from Grantham House, Wellington Down Under, was launched last Thursday night at Capital Books, Featherston Street, by the Mayor of Wellington, Celia Wade-Brown.

Photo above - left to right - the author, Annie -publisher Graham Stewart's wife, Graham Stewart, the Mayor and Gavin McLean, Grantham House author of many titles and well-known New Zealand author

It is a book that takes you on a voyage of discovery around the Wellington harbour and bays – a journey few people will ever experience – to the magic and colourful world that lives in all its splendour beneath the water.

Stephen Journée, the author, a skilled diver and photographer, gives a rare insight into the world below and brings to life all the fish varieties and other forms of marine life that have made the Wellington harbour and the surrounding coastal bays their home over the centuries.

From the unbelievable colour of the sea sponges, sea squirts, jewel anemones, blue and red moki, triplefins, seahorses and jellyfish, to schools of jack mackerels and spotties, to dolphins and the occasional visit by pods of orcas – all feature between the covers.

Stephen also takes the reader on a tour of famous shipwrecks of the 19th and 20th centuries, a look back in time and what remains from past tragedies; wharves and slipways from yester-year.

Stephen is passionate about the protection of the marine environment and raising awareness of the impact people can have on it. This book has been produced to show people that even in an urban harbour, there is an abundance of life. We are all responsible for its protection.

Format: 286mm (depth) x 210mm (width) 72 pages of colour and black and white plates.

135 colour plates & 5 black and white plates Limpbound with cover flaps. RRP $29.99

ISBN: 978-1-86934-122-0 Bar Code: 9781869341220