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Picton Slideshow
Picton
Travel Blogs from Picton, New Zealand
Picton to Wellington: South Island to North Island
... stayed there for much longer. But we had to explore the North Island, and hoped that a week and a half would be enough time. Picton is a small town and we didn't do much there. We went to the police station to get our documents certified so we could get ...
We Have Conquered The North Island Of New Zealand
... sooner, but we have been on a whirl wind tour of the North Island of New Nealand. It has been an amazing adventure and New Zealand is wonderful! We rolled into Auckland, NZ around 8am after a 4am flight from Fiji. Needless to say we were pooped, but ...
Picton
... was miserable so we didn't venture out much.When we finally did Alex beat me at mini golf... again! bad times. Highlight of picton was free choc pudding at our guest house - immence!!! Next stop Kaikoura farm park, going to be an interesting few ...
Cruising the Cook Straight
... out before my announcement! Nevertheless, even though I didn't see any dolphins, it was an enjoyable ferry ride. Once in Picton, the six of us rejoined a new Magic Bus. It was touch and go for a while as the bus was over booked and we were worried that ...
Queen Charlotte track
... ride from Picton, at Ship cove which was where Cook parked up the Endeavour and the Resolution while he explored this area of New Zealand. Our first day was a gentle 15kms with the sun shining the whole way. Our first night was spent at ...
Another Day Driving
... closer to Blenheim the farmland turns to vineyards, the vines a bright rusty orange for winter. Heading North from Blenheim to Picton, some idiot mistimes an overtaking lane again and nearly drives right into the back of me, completely ignoring the ...
Stopover at Picton
... washed the car and returned it to the hire company. We then took the bus back north along the sunny coast and were in Picton by the evening. The coast here was littered with seals just relaxing on the rocks but sadly we couldn't get out to see them ...
Cook Straight
Took the ferry from Wellington to Picton -- beautiful, photos to follow when I find a 'puter that'll let ...
Heading South
... and hear about their lives and all the cool things that they have been doing with their vacations. My roommate in Picton was Sophie, another extremely sweet and friendly German girl. Sophie is also working and has been planting potatoes and picking ...
Picton and the Marlborough Sounds - chillax town!
... snorkel in the sea...was so refreshing but too cold for katherine!!!! the boat picked us up at 3pm and we eventually got back to picton at 4:30pm after more trips round different sounds! It was a great day out, very good value for money at $61.50 for the ...
Der erste Blick auf die Suedinsel....
30/12/2007 .... war der Wahnsinn!!! In der Nacht sind wir in einer kleinen Bucht gelandet und heut bei dem wunderschoenen Wetter war der Ausblick wunderschoen!! Waehrend der Fahrt Richtung Marahau sind wir an einigen Wochenendmaerkten mit frischem Obst ...
Picton
After the 3 hour ferry journey we jumped off in Picton. I said goodbye to my group and found my way to the jetty to catch a boat over to my hostel. Lochmara Lodge is in Lochmara may in Queen Charlotte Sound. It's about 10 mins from Picton by boat (no ...
Working Girl
... , not that I was uber upset by that though! We cruised into Picton via the Marlborough Sounds, which are the only real sounds in New Zealand, the rest are called Sounds but are actually Fiords (this is a lesson for another day though so I won’t get ...
Ferry to the South Island / Faehre auf Sued Insel
5th August - Trip to the South Island There are 2 options to get you to the South Island of New Zealand, by a nice 45 minute flight over or a 3 hour ferry journey over some of the roughest part of sea in the world, which option did we choose, the ferry ...
Nearly missing the bastard ferry.
... The ferry crossing is very beautiful, the last part being a meander through the fjord like coastline of Marlborough Sounds. The New Zealand coastline features a lot of sounds, long, wide ocean inlets according to dictionary.com; also a fishes bladders. ...
Jolly Roger!
... spent the day in Picton where we did a walk along Bob’s Bay just before the rain started again. We had a quick wander around Picton but there wasn’t really much to see so we went to find a holiday park to stay at that night. The place we ...
Early Birds
... bags. Michelle slept for the entire journey and didn't realise that the ship had even moved when she was woken up at 9am in Picton, the gateway to the south island. She needed the sleep she'd to drive to Kaikoura, on the east coast, home to seals, ...
Bully for Buller
... ; E 174° 00.9' Via Kaiteriteri Having indulged by going along the west coast yesterday, I now had to get back to the Picton region in order to be able to catch the morning ferry tomorrow. That meant no time for kayaking in Kaiteriteri, but I headed ...
Still WWOOFing
This entry is going to be a quick one just to update on the rest of the time that I was working in Picton. To be honest I didn't really do anything but the work in the morning and then walk around Picton on the afternoon. There was a day when Rhi, Andrea ...
Dolphin Magic
... people got quite close. Honestly, it was the most mind blowing thing I have ever seen, and it bought tears to my eyes. Drove to Picton ready to catch the early ferry in the morning. We are staying at another P.O.P in a nice big field, ready for our 6am ...
Südinslä adee
Mir si in Picton a cho. Hiä gö mir uf d Fährä richtig Wellington ufd Nordinslä. Üs het d Südinslä unheimläch gfauä. Mir heis schön gha und äs het aus klapet und ds outo louft immerno! ;) ...
heading back to the north island
... stories. also meet brian from cali. a science school teacher-very soft spoken, compassionate, adn a marathon hiker. he's hitched all over new zealand-true keroac style! we all got on the subject of the war- and we were amazed by the sympathies that were ...
Picton - Nelson - Abel Tasman
We head out early on the bus for Picton a small town at the top of the North Island; Susi and I decide not to stay there (very, very small town with only wine tours to keep us busy) but instead to catch an intercity bus with Karl to Nelson so that we have ...
The Queen Charlotte Track
... Sound up to Ship Cove where we would start todays walk. The Queen Charlotte Track is one of the only multi day hikes in New Zealand that overnight accomodation can be spent in hotels and b&b's I liked that, you can also get your bags driven around to ...
Walking the Queen Charlotte Track
... and 53 minutes! Yep - that´s under 2 hours for running 32km across hills on a muddy trail - apparently he ran for New Zealand in the Commonwealth games. A thoroughly pleasant days´ walk was topped off at the end by finishing at a hotel which can ...
Picton
... klein voor, maar gewoon rotsen, midden in de baai... Wauw!! En die heb ik nu onderweg toch weer genoeg kunnen zien. Bij aankomst in Picton, werd ik opgehaald door een busje van het hostel. Het hostel was oke, alleen werd er van 8.00 am tot 5.00 pm flink ...
New Zealand, Beautiful but chilly
It's been an eventful week away, with every new day presenting stunning scenery and eventful happenings. It would be too long winded to describe every event so summeries are the only way i can share my journey so far (and also the use of the internet in ...
Over the Cook Straight
Today was part of the journey that I have not been looking forward to - the ferry crossing to South Island from Wellington. I have a tendency to feel ill when the sea is calm!! While waiting to board the ferry I met a German couple who were also ...