Today we woke up at a decent hour, 9am, and stopped at Countdown (the NZ version of Woolworths) and bought some breakfast and lunch for the day. We then took a very unexpectedly long and windy drive over Takaka Hill to Takaka, Pohara Beach and Tata Beach. It was an almost two hour drive and I'm not entirely sure it was worth it. We bought a hot drink and then ate our cheese and bacon rolls at the beach. We then made the long journey back over Takaka Hill to t...

Today we woke up for our last bnb breakfast in Hanmer. I had a fruit crepe today which was tasty but not as good as the French toast. We enjoyed a nice chat with some other guests and the bnb owners whilst eating our meal. At around 9:30am we packed up the car, waved goodbye and followed the gps to Nelson where we arrived at around 2pm. We had fortunately booked this accom a few days back, thanks to Shannon's help, and we checked into The Honest Lawyer withou...