We were up and at reception by 9.00am this morning to get our transfer to Kaiteriteri Beach where we boarded our catamaran for our day exploring the Abel Tasman NP by sea. We spent the morning sailing to Archage Bay, stopping at 'Split Apple Rock' and enjoying complimentary coffee and biscuits. We also had the rare and unique opportunity of sailing into a gorgeous, lush lagoon, which they only get the chance to once or twice a month, due to changing tides. We ...

This morning we got up at 6.00am (as quiet as poss, so as not to disturb Alex and the bloke in our room), checked out by 6.45am and were ready waiting for our 7.00am free ferry shuttle. We arrived at the ferry terminal about 7.30am and were luckily near the start of the queue to check-in, after us the line rapidly increased and annoying Nelson-girl pushed in with us and Jorste, how rude! By 7.45am we had checked in our rucksacks and on board the ex-channel ferr...