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Picton Slideshow
Picton
Travel Blogs from Picton, New Zealand
Queen Charlotte Track
... day (of course, we were just about to leave NZ!). Once back in town, we wandered around the many gift shops and art galleries (Picton has definitely come up in the world, and to live there you have to own one of the yachts in the harbour) before stopping ...
Queen Charlotte Track
... his entire family that showed up to watch me eat. On the second day of hiking, I met up with three retired couples from New Zealand. They were the nicest people and we chatted quite a bit. Mostly politics again, them asking me what I was going to do ...
The Random Road Again
... said "I can't! The car is too packed. I couldn't touch my own dick if I wanted to." Somehow we made it the five hours to Picton, and with only minutes to spare for them to get on the ferry. I, however, had plans for Nelson, because however much I love ma ...
The hard part is over ...
... points and high peaks to stop and look down on the Sounds from: I already have hundreds of photos to go through when I return to Picton. The best part, as I get ready for sleep again, is knowing that the hardest parts of the walk are over: tomorrow I have ...
Almost at the end
Having survived two whole days without coffee I had a flashpacker moment this morning, stopping in at a hotel nearby the camp for a coffee in the lobby and a sneaky bit of internet time to check emails. The coffee went down a treat, but reading emails ...
Picton
Hey, Just arrvied in Picton yesterday. Nothing really to interresting. Today i have been around picton a bit. Its a pretty dead city on a sunday thats for sure. ...
To the north island we go! (nov 5-6 2000) ...
... isn't any desert but rather a landscape full of sunburnt tussocks that looks as close to desert as you can get in New Zealand. There were some pretty colourful layered rock formations along the roadway. When we made it to the information center in ...
NEW ZEALAND
Can everyone please book the next flight to New Zealand and come explore this amazing place with us!!! This place is something out of a book! We started out of Auckland, rented a little Nissan, and drove down, car camping all the way down. So nice not to ...
Queen Charlotte
Ca y es, nous voilà parti de Wellington en ferry en direction de l'ile du sud avec pour commencer la région de Marlborough sounds. Ici les paysages sont tout simplement superbe, très vert et certain endroit coloré grâce à l’automne ( enfin ...
Ferry crossing!
... few loud coughs they woke up and let us pass! Note to self: if old people sit next to us, move quick! Arriving in picton on a lovely day, we disembarked the ferry and drove to Blenhiem. Straight away we saw that the south island is much more mountainous ...
Queen Charotte Track
... the world, my favourite food) where I took the scenic route around the hills and bays rather than going through Blehnim. Back in Picton I booked into the same campsite that I had stayed in last week. It was a bit strange without the other two but nice ...
Picton
... just be the livestock on the lorries – just a few cows going to market! Three and a half hours later, two episodes of ER and a fair about of time staring out of the window looking at the horizon I landed in Wellington, North Island, New ...
Arrival on the South Island
... . It was like a mixture of Barbados and Cornwall, thrown together with Miracle Grow and fairy dust. Spectacular! Our policy whilst in New Zealand is not to book accomodation but just to stop into campsites and youth hostels en route. So far it's worked a ...
Easter Weekend begins!
... InterIslander ferry, I'm taking one of the largest, most scenic cruise ships in the world across the Cook Strait to New Zealand's famous South Island. Leaving Wellington the scenery is eeire, but beautiful with strange bare grassy hills filling the ...
Picton, New Zealnd
We had a brief one night stop in Wellington before catching the early morning ferry to Picton in the South Island. We'd heard quite a few horror stories about how rough this crossing can be and so had a very small breakfast in the morning! Lucky for us ...
Quad and more wine in Marlborough
... basically no limit apart from running over the sheep in the field. We were delighted with our few hours with Greg. We left towards Picton, where we will take the ferry from the following day.Unfortunately, the wine trail was on our way again, so we had ...
zurueck auf der Nordinsel
weiter gehts! 16/02/2008 Der letzte Tag auf der Suedinsel! Das Aquarium in Picton konnten wir uns nicht entgehen lassen. Jetzt haben wir schon mal alle Fische gesehen, die wir bald aus dem Meer fangen werden :) Um 2 Uhr Nachmittag hat ...
Kayaking and Hiking the Marlborough Sounds
... The boat was called the Beachcomber, and was apparently also a tour boat, so I got a very brief tour too before pulling into Picton and seeing another rainbow! Three in one day! Since I was catching an Intercity Bus at 6pm to ...
french pass
Je test le van pour la première fois pour quitter à reculons ces paysages magnifique mais pour en retrouver des encore plus magique avec un coucher de soleil splendide en prime! Arriver dans un camping plein de locaux en train de jouer de la musique, ...
The Queen Charlotte Track
... An American couple who I֮ met 3 days previously had been kayaking and picked some mussels which they shared. The were the famous New Zealand Giant Green mussels and some smaller blue ones as well. Hate to say this Sam, but preferred the blue ones! ...
Hopewell, Kenepuru Sound,
I spent a leisurely morning in Nelson wandering along the esplanade and having local fish and chips. I then motored over the hills and the very windy road to Havelock. Gateway to the Marlborough Sounds. After equiring at the jetty ...
South Island (Picton to Christchurch)
So, a few days after staying with Phill we headed off to South Island on the ferry from Wellington to Picton, got on the bus to Christchurch and stayed with Marie for a night (thanks again Marie!!) and then pick up the rental car the next morning to head ...
Picton/ The Queen Charlotte Track
The next day we headed to the little town of Picton, gateway to the Queen Charlotte walking Track. Now the QCT is described as hiking for non-hikers i.e. scenic and flat. So being the brave adventurers we are we headed off on a three day, two ...
Set sail for the south island
I only had one day here as i was quite keen to get to Kaikoura, but for a busy port it is really nice. The marlborough sounds surrounding it give it excellent walking possibilities and excellent views too. The hostel i stayed in called The Villa was ...
The starting line of 71km
With tent, sleeping bag, and a change of clothes at the ready, as well as some essential food supplies, I left Picton this morning, joining a water taxi that would take me to my starting point for the Queen Charlotte Track, Ship Cove. Ship Cove was the ...
Green Shelled Mussel captial of the World
YUM - Green Mussels (I liked them baked better than steamed - get the all the flavors they are really good) Ridiciulously windy roads Ferry from North Island to South ...
Kiwi bussen
Vi rejser med Kiwi Experience paa New Zealand. Og det er absolut en helt genial maade at rejse paa. Man ser landet og stopper op forskellige steder og kigger natur. Guiden har styr paa alle de adventures man skulle faa lyst til. Og man moeder en del andre ...
North Island Adventures
... performed by mini human holograms - I'd never seen anything like it apart from in Star Wars. Amazing! From Wellington, I caught a ferry to Picton in the south island and here I am. For the next week I'll be working on a farm, picking and cracking nuts, ...