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Picton Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Picton, New Zealand
Forgot to tell you about our day at the ...
This is a top pick! ... they restored after it had been in the mud for forty years! Next we headed for Palmerston North for the national rugby museum for New Zealand - we couldn't not go could we?! It was a strange old place, not close to anything much and very small. An ...
I can't stop moving
This is a top pick! ... sea-kayaking is great fun in the ocean waves. We had double-kayaks which were extremely buoyant. From Nelson I headed to Picton to visit Marlborough Sounds which reminded me of a Musoka lake with many mountainous islands, however these waters were ...
Picton
This is a top pick! Day 221 - 222 - Fox - Picton Another long drive and we made it to the gateway to New Zealand's North Island, Picton. The drive took in South Island's notoriously wet and rugged west coast and it did{t disappoint on either front. The rain was never far ...
Picton Ferry Crossing
This is a top pick! This is where we crossed on the ferry. I included this entry for Map Pin purposes only. Love Jose and ...
Now 3rd fav road
This is a top pick! Queen Charlotte drive was awesome the first time round but we've seen even better since! ;-p ...
First stop in the South Island - and time for work
This is a top pick! ... have ended in violence. Although I did enjoy my couple of days making waffle cones but we haven’t been a great fan of New Zealand ice cream as it has some funny taste to it and in fact so does Dairy Milk, we’re guessing the connection ...
Broken Fridge...
This is a top pick! ... 309 ; Well, the fridge was broken again, so had to find a phone before we left blenheim, which we did and headed onto picton. Found the garage and spent more time waiting around while they fixed it for us, after that, a quick walk around the town and ...
The ferry and Picton
... was very nice. The course of the ferry go through the sounds and give you sites on amazing little bays and coves. We arrived to Picton and went to the Atlantis backpackers. A mistake, don't do that, it's not a nice place. Thanks to Anna for the ...
A wild night out in Picton
... about this a crazy Kiwi called Jeff was sitting outside our windon and invited himself along so we had a night out planned. Now Picton is a place most people never end up staying. It is a transit place, where you get the ferries to the North ...
Picton Ferry Callin
Up to picton around 4 pm to get the ferry at 6 - check in was 5pm, and i wanted to get some food in first! Ferry was grand, no dramas... 3 hours later and arrival at destination!! :D North Island.. Took feckin long enough.. not the 3 hours ...
Driving South to the Rally
Hwy 1 leaves Picton and takes us South through sheep, logging, sheep, acres and acres of grapes for the winery's, sheep, along the ocean, sheep and more sheep. The scenery is amazing. This is truely Gary H in Colorado's idea of ...
Top of the South
The scenery here in the South Island it even more amazing - with even more mountains, more rugged and even fewer cars on the road! The weather was really very good to us most of the time in the South Island. At last we found a decent radio ...
Mail boat through the Marlborough Sounds
We arrive in Picton at the north end of the south island and the port of call for the ferry from the north Island. It is a pretty little town and one of the highlights of our trip was taking the mail boat through the Marlborough Sounds, the maze of ...
Chill out and go home.
Greetings. This part of our travels took us to Hamner Springs, Kaikoura and finally Picton to return to Wellington. Hamner springs was relaxing. I had a facial, whilst Leszek waited in the hot springs until I joined him. Chilling out ...
Wonderful South Island
... was thru an inlet of lovely islands which were studded with pine trees right down to the shore. Very little sand..but fantastic harbors. Picton is a small town of 4000 people. I have never seen a prettier port. We roamed thru the town with its lovely park ...
On Picton
... ' sunglasses 10m down, which I rescued and have been using now for almost 2 months! and I had a great day out with Dive Picton, who I'd recommend. As soon as I'd finished diving I went and ordered some Blue Cod and chips, and it tasted all the better ...
Picton, NZ - The second visit
... the day. Today was another GOOD nap day :) I am so glad that I had the previous opportunity to get off the ship in Picton when it was a lovely day, today I didn't feel bad about missing it at all - even though in reality this is a lovely town ...
wide open spaces
having rushed through the south region we arived in picton expecting the be entertained for days. days was shortened to 2 dats, and then shortened to 6 hours. in our desperation for an activity we even took to feeding domestic pets and kulling possums in ...
Rainy Day
... fields and hills and coastline, but I was just too tired and bus sick to take much notice! As is typical for me when we reached Picton the rain started! so the lovely bus driver took us right to the door of our hostel so we didn't have to walk back up ...
Ohhhhhh, ab in den Sueden...!!!
Habe gerade wohl meine schoenste NZ-Erfahrung hinter mich gebracht: Mit der Faehre von Wellington nach Picton. Man kann die Suedinsel vom Norden sogar sehen, und ein paar hundert Kilometer weiter ist die Datumsgrenze. Wenn man immer gen Osten schwimmt, ...
Welcome to the South
... a hostel called 'The Villa' and luckily they had room for me. It was a beautiful place next to the best bakery I've ever tasted. Picton is in the Marlborough Sounds where you can go on thje Queen Charlotte track either by bike or walking. As I had hurt my ...
Goodbye South Island & my Camper Van feedback
... Zealand where there is not a singe radio station available at all. All in all, I can really recommend to anyone travelling in New Zealand to go rent a campervan. The freedom and comfort is awesome. Just make sure you think twice about who you intend to ...
Recovery from chavdoom!
Picton was our final stop on our journey round the south island and where we said goodbye to the chavmobile!! It was quite a cute little town but other than that not the most exciting place in the world! We wern't there for long though and ...
get ready to ferry
Wow, how lucky are we? For three days Lewis pass has been closed to all traffic because of severe weather - basically snow too deep. We were concerened about setting off today and having to take a much longer route, but hey, Lewis Pass is ...