Thursday, 16 February: We left Feilding and drove to Wellington where we boarded the Bluebridge ferry to take us across Cook Strait to the South Island port city of Picton. Whlle in Wellington Harbor, we were treated to the arrival of the first two of the yachts participating in the Volvo Around the World Yacht race to arrive in NZ from Australia on their way to South America. They arrived in harbor with an escort of police boats and yachting wannabees! Not far o...

Thursday, 16 February: We left Feilding and drove to Wellington where we boarded the Bluebridge ferry to take us across Cook Strait to the South Island port city of Picton. Whlle in Wellington Harbor, we were treated to the arrival of the first two of the yachts participating in the Volvo Around the World Yacht race to arrive in NZ from Australia on their way to South America. They arrived in harbor with an escort of police boats and yachting wannabees! Not f...