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Picton Slideshow
Picton
Travel Blogs from Picton, New Zealand
traversée dans l'ile du sud
Arrivée à Picton sous le couché du soleil, nous attaquons un voyage plus sportif avec des (petites) randonnées tous les jours afin d'observer les ...
Drive to Picton
Two-hour drive to Picton in mostly shit weather with two passengers. Kept on driving after the ferry crossing in the middle of the night, all the way until Taihope just south of Tongariro. Slept in my car near an abandoned(?) camp site/motor home site ...
Over the ocean
... me especially on any boat trip I have previously done in NZ so I was pleased although Kelly did turn a tad green. We arrived in Picton but did not hang about as we were off to Nelson along a very windy road to visit my brothers mother-in-law ...
Picton to Wellington
Having heard that the weather had prevented sailings two days earlier, and with more bad weather on the way, Glenn and I were slightly nervous about our impending ferry journey! We called in to the ferry terminal and checked the weather reports after one ...
Walks near the Marlborough Sounds
... in the background and a very nice marina. It's main attraction is the Marlborough Sounds forming the coastline from Picton, which are fingers of heavily wooded peninsulas standing from turquoise ocean. From Bob's Bay I walked along the snout ...
Przeprawa promem
Docieramy do Picton,. Pogoda calkiem ladna. Noc spedzamy na tym samym campingu co wczesniej. Rano o 8 przeplywamy promem na wyspe ...
Pies and apple crumble
... of us at all, in fact a few of them were just showing off and posing for our cameras. Next we headed through Malborough, New Zealand's largest grape growing and wine making region. It would have been nice to have stopped to have a gander around the vines ...
Ridin the Ferry to the South Island
... driver has to clock in at a certain time!!! We really didn't see any of the north of the south island, ie picton to Marahau. We drove straight through marlborough, stopping briefly for winetasting, and then straight through nelson...Not sure if we ...
Xmas In Picton
... the Avon (where you can punt of course). It was another early start in the morning to catch the Tranz Coastal train to Picton - where I had arranged surprise champagne, balloons & decorations at the hotel for Mick's 40th (see picture below) - ...
InterIsland Ferry to South Island
... Sounds with specular views of the Kaikoura Ranges on the South Island. Cruise came to an end in the picturestic seaside town of Picton, which at the end of Queen Charlotte Sound. Picked up another rental car before heading to Picton for the night. ...
Good bye and back to urban life
... Queen Charlotte pour y prendre nos dernières photos de l'ile du Sud. Après ça il était temps de retourner sur Picton pour prendre le ferry direction Wellington ou nous y passerons les mois hivernaux. C'est avec regret que nous quittons l'ile du ...
I Am Waiting for My Plane
... collision between a car and a truck and the car was a burnt out wreck beside the road. So we all missed our flight/ferry from Picton and have been hanging round in the wind and rain for about 3 hours now. And the ferry is running an hour late due ...
Journey to the South Island
SB: Strangely the journey to the South Island by ferry is actually a trip slightly north from Wellington to Picton. Early Sunday morning trip and wandering the ship I stumble on the first class room with Sky Sports showing Chelsea (with added ...
Naar de Queen
... , maar voor de verandering meestal rechtdoor. Nadat ik de B&B gevonden heb en me heb voorgesteld ga ik naar Picton 'village', vervoer en mountainbike zoeken voor morgen. Ik wil namelijk morgen de Queen Charlotte track mountainbiken, dit is één van ...
Masterchef Neuseeland
Das ich heute erst um 8:45 Uhr aufstand hatte seine Gründe. Der fleißige Leser wird sich denken können warum. Die vergangen Blogeinträge… Jetzt aber fix..Mit Müsli-Schüsselchen in der Hand setzte ich mich auf die Stufen vor den commomn room. ...
Fishing again...
Once out of Abel Tasman, we dropped off the much appreciated maps we borrowed from the Blowers in Nelson, drove through the Marlborough Sounds to Robin Hood Bay. The plan was to get rid of Andy for the afternoon – it was reputed to be a good ...
NZ Part 5 – Milford Sound to Picton
... others. Further inland we entered the Marlborough wine region and the colourful grape vines seemed endless. Jason loved driving New Zealand's roads but with so much scenery it was often difficult to keep his eyes on them. We arrived in ...
Picton
... she had dropped her bf off at the airport that morning. Sue and I decided to spent the rest of the beaustiful day in Picton kayaking in the sea. We rented a double kayak and set off into the sea- LOL! Amazingly enough we kayaked all ...
Day 14 - Collingwood to Picton ~ 330km
... As long as I didnt crash we were fine!! It was mostly fine, I did find it hard to stay in the right position on the road. Also, New Zealand has loads of one lane bridges and there was one moment when I forgot to give way but it was ok in the end. I got ...
Working in Paradise
... staff members, especially my "laundry ladies" (i.e. the other housekeepers) :-) The resort is a 45 minute boatride from town (Picton). Since we do not have access to the internet or telephone on grounds, the staff entertains ourselves by hanging out ...
Ode to South Island
Well this is it, time to leave south Island. Our acqantance was too short but time moves on and I have other places to be and people to meet. In memory of my time here I hve had Vicky commision a painting, 'Ode to south Island' which I was ...
Empezo el viaje!
... pesquero que me hizo acordar a Puerto Madryn, donde también hay barcos para hacer avistaje de ballenas y de delfines. Hoy estamos en Picton, de donde sale el Ferry para cruzar a la Isla Norte. La ciudad es simple y chiquita. Cerquita están los Sounds ...
Hittin' the Road!
... ; The early morning scenery on the other side of Auckland was beautiful. It really is amazing landscapes here in New Zealand, a setting designed for roadtripping - the perfect combination of quaint towns and breath taking ...
what? more renovations?
Day 2 Sunday 09/11 Wellington – Picton Took our continental brekkie with us to Maccas. Work outside the hotel began at 6.30am, then a fire alarm went off, then we were evacuated at 8. No point staying so that's why we ended up at Maccas. ...
Kurvenreich
Bereits in den frühen Morgenstunden hat ein unmissverständliches Prasseln auf dem Dach unseres Wohncontainers auf einen feuchten Start in den Tag hingedeutet. Daher entschieden wir uns, etwas länger als üblich liegen zu bleiben. Es machte auch am ...