On the 7th we spent the morning in Nelson having a look around the shops. Neen's shoes have begun to come undone - we are not too impressed as they were only bought in Feb and were not cheap!!!! Then we headed off on the drive to Picton. It was a nice drive over some mountains - AGAIN - and then we headed off on a side road to look at the Sounds. The crossed over the Queen Charlotte track in a couple of place - this a three day walk which is meant to be one o...

On the 14th we headed off to catch our ferry to Picton in the South Island. The ferry crossing was amazing - spectacular views going through the Queen Charlotte Sounds. We arrived in Picton and headed off to our accomodation a little bit out of town over looking the bay and marina. The place we stayed was like a home from home. On the 15th we headed off on a walk to Queen Charlotte View - 3 hours and it was pretty cold - Jacqui was glad to get back to the ope...