Wellington from the Ferry
It was an early start yesterday (Monday) so we could catch the ferry to Picton. We made our way through Wellington to the terminal and got there by 7am. After getting parked up below deck and finding a seat away from a rowdy school trip who were joining us for the crossing it wasn’t long until we got under way. Now a ferry trip is a ferry trip, so not to much excitement occurred I’m afraid. About 3.5 hours later we arrived in sunny Picton where we stopped for a walk around to stretch our legs before hitting the road.
We had decided our general destination for the night would be the city of Nelson, after a couple of hours driving along twisty mountain roads most of the way we arrived. We were pretty wrecked by this stage so had some lunch then took a wander around the centre of town to take in the sights then on to our campsite in Richmond on the south side of Nelson.
Today we headed up towards Abel Tasman National Park from Richmond. Sadly it was a bit dull and overcast unlike the last couple of days but we can’t complain I suppose. We headed along the coast to the town of Motueka. Now nothing too exciting about this place apart from the fella we met in the supermarket while buying some food supplies. On a shelf in the meat cabinet was……a whole pigs head! Just sitting there looking out at us from it’s empty eye sockets! Unfortunately we decided we couldn’t cook it in the spaceship so we had to pass on buying it.
We spent the rest of this afternoon at a couple of different beaches in Kaiteriteri and Marahau. Beautiful places and hardly anyone about so we had the place almost all to ourselves. My time on the internet is running short so i’ll have to run but we head further south again tomorrow down the west coast.
More updates soon hopefully,
Jonny
