If you’ve become all fest­iv­alled out recently, or, like this Wel­ling­tonista seem to find the whole thing slid­ing by you without seem­ing to make any impact des­pite best inten­tions oth­er­wise, then take heart: life does con­tin­ue else­where.

For example, this week­end, the sub­urb­an envir­on­ment­al­ist can get their car’s emis­sions checked at:

[…] the West­pac Sta­di­um car park on Sat­urday 18 March, between 10am and 4pm. Your car can have a ‘drive through’ test using NIWA’s high-tech laser air emis­sion equip­ment. It will give you an instant readout of your car’s exhaust emis­sion levels. This will tell you how clean your car is run­ning, or wheth­er its emis­sions levels are too high. The check is FREE and should take only a couple of minutes. Entry to the Sta­di­um car park is along Aotea Quay, head­ing towards the motor­way.

Or, if that does­n’t float your boat (it does­n’t really com­pare to Fest­iv­al activ­it­ies, now does it), how about Tuatara Day up at the Karori Wild­life Sanc­tu­ary, a.k.a. Jur­as­sic Park?

[…] for a guar­an­teed encounter with these ancient rep­tiles, come along to our Tuatara Day on Sat­urday 18 March. Between 11am and 3pm, vis­it­ors will get the oppor­tun­ity to see and touch these ‘liv­ing dino­saurs’. […] There will be a range of activ­it­ies for all the fam­ily, includ­ing face-paint­ing, a ‘tuatara teas­er’ quiz and saus­age sizzle.

It’s all out there to be had, in this city of ours.