After arriving in Picton I decided to take the Queen Charlotte drive, which goes past the Queen Charlotte Sound. Again I was impressed with the county’s beauty. I decided to drive to Mautueka. Here I got the idea to do the Abel Tasman Coastal walk. I managed to book this online and so went and did some shopping for 4 days of walking. I was quite excited about the walk. I had a feeling it was going to be very relaxed walk. Walking, tanning & swimming in ...

I arrived in Auckland and picked up my hire car. I only had 15 days for New Zealand and so had some driving to do if I was going to see anything. I left Auckland at 16:30 and drove to Raglan that is on the West side of the North Island. It is supposed to be the top surf spot. Unfortunately it was a cold and miserable afternoon and I was not going to get my kit off for a swim in rough sea. I decided to get a take away pizza and do some reading of what I wanted to ...