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Picton Slideshow
Picton
Travel Blogs from Picton, New Zealand
Northwards we go - Picton
... not too successful at having a lovely meal there. But, we've been enjoying a bottle of wine we picked up, sans lunch. Picton has the port where all the ferries come in from the North Island. We watched a few come in, while cat napping ...
Ferry
Rain, rain, go away...
... lakes. Unfortunately, it was raining. Still. So Instead of being stuck in a tent/car all day, I drove on by to Picton, a small town where the ferry is, so that I could at least go out and get a beer if I wanted. I did some ...
Ferry Crossing, Picton to Wellington
We left Blenheim at about 9.30am and got to Picton at 10am... we are currently checking emails and are going to have some brekkie.... I have bought my travel sickness pills - as ferried hate me - each time we have been on a boat so far on our trip we ...
Competition Results!!!
Geography First. Okay, we are on the road again and more about the new van later. But just to update where we have been since the last blog. We finished off travelling around the Coromandel in Tallulha. The Penininsualr of ...
South Island
Took the ferry from Wellington to Picton (3 hours) but a cloudy day so views were not great. Drove south through the wine areas of the country (which are substantial) and took a tour of Montana winery (largest winery in NZ) Very dramatic ...
Pelorus Sound - End of the world feeling…
... 'hre gedackelt. Eingebogen in die Marlborough Sounds hat sich die Fahrt dann sehr beruhigt. Mit Kaffee auf dem sun deck schließlich in Picton eingefahren, wo der Bus nach Havelock gewartet hat. Was ein Trip. Ich bin zurück auf der Südinsel :) Havelock ...
Sounds of Silence
... journey on the ferry took 3 and a quarter hours and was quite rough due to the high winds and changeable weather they get in New Zealand at this time of year. As the ferry ride came to an end we sailed down through the Queen Charlotte Sound heading ...
New Zealand- South Island
... settled down for a nice night sleeping in the car with our new sleeping bags.... luxury!! Its quite funny though as camping in New Zealand is obviously quite popular so people have these amazing giant vans to sleep in with TVs etc and we were sleeping in ...
From Carterton to Picton
... , wann ich ankomme. Sie nennt sich Flowers. ???? Ach ja, ob ich wohl noch eine Nacht in einem Hostel bleiben könnte? Kein Problem, Picton ist bestimmt schön. In Picton fühle ich mich wohl. Das Hostel ist sauber und ordentlich und es gibt gratis ...
Leaving Wellington
Quick entry today. We spent our 3rd and final day in Wellington. Molly went to Yoga, while Vaughn and I explored the outskirts, including driving past the airport. For those who have been to St. Maarten, you are familiar. But do ...
CTeam Wales Depart
... drive the crest of the Northern Coast along to the Able Tasman National Park. Blenheim was another hub of winemaking, many in New Zealand with heaps of well know New Zealand Brands as well as plenty of unfamilar smaller wineries. We eventually got ...
Picton perfect
... NZ scenery people keep banging on about. It didn't take long before it turned fairly impressive. The road south east out of Picton to Blenheim was a picture of orchards and vineyards all in low rolling hills. Then came the dramatic stuff, we hit the ...
Nelson ve Pancake Rocks
Nelson güney adasının Antalyası gibi buradaki yerleşimcilerin çoğunluğunu emekliler oluşturuyor.Ilımlı iklimi ve geniş plajları uçurtma sörfü yapanlar ile dolup ...
Picton
Angekommen auf der südinsel, die auf der fähre schon ihre schönheit demonstrierte, ham wir dann beschlossen, dass wir noch versuchen sollten nach nelson zu kommen. Da wir ja vom busfahren gelangweilt waren ham wir dann versucht per anhalter runter zu ...
Might As Well Jump
... , when I pass by next time. Enjoyed a delicious meal of Green Lipped Mussels from the region and a Pinot Noir for supper. Then headed back to the madness at the hostel and tried to read my book (booch). Short, sweet visit to ...
End of the south (for a while!)
... In Kaiteriteri we found another course. Ed won (just - the lead changed at least 10 times) to go 5.5 - 9.5 up!!! P.P.P.P.S Here in Picton, there is a very good course. However, due to the packed programme of late (4 games in 4 days) fatigue took ...
Sur les traces de James Cook...
09/02/09: Arrivée à Picton. Je passe la nuit la plus agréable depuis le début de mon voyage... L'auberge de jeunesse dans laquelle je suis, The Juggler's Rest, est un havre de paix. On s'y sent un peu chez soi, et ça fait du bien lorsque l'on arrête ...
Straight Outta Picton
Short message stop Am in Picton stop Computer shit stop Went for walk in Marlborough Sounds stop V v pretty stop Bye ...
The start of our South Island adventure
... down a hill. Great fun!!!!! It was so good that we did it twice! Rob and me are in that ball rolling down the hill! Picton - After a swift few days on the North Island it was time to get down to business on the South Island. After a heavy night on ...
Wellington & Picton
... noch einen wahnsinnig leckeren Crêpe mit weißer Schokolade und Karamell (!) gegessen und dann ging auch schon die Fähre nach Picton. also dem Tor zur Südinsel. Die Nacht haben wir auf dem gleichen Campingplatz verbracht auf dem wir sie heute wieder ...
Back in Picton
... for our pick-up. As we boarded, Steph spotted a stingray under the jetty. Back on the boat for a short cruise back into Picton, a beer, food shopping, 30 minutes in the spa pool (very nice, said Steph!)supper in the Holiday Park kitchen again and a very ...
The end of our South Island adventure
... in the end we ran out of time to do the wine route, opting to drive the Queen Charlotte track between Havelock and Picton instead. This was an unexpected highlight of our trip. The 40km winding road fringed with native forest was another incredibly scenic ...