Carmel Court Motel Nelson

... with a tarragon jus. Dessert ahh dessert-chocolate mouse with rose jelly which was just like tasting fresh rose petals and the mousse was served alongside a pistachio white chocolate ice cream with candied pistachios on the side-we are going to have to walk 50miles to walk off dinner! Headed back to the hotel for good nights sleep and we take off for Australia in the morning.

... again I had my own room and copious amounts of food. Torrent Bay is a beautiful setting and I can see why there is a house up for $6.5m.

My whole body is screaming at me – more beer should mask that noise!

Kilometres walked: 26 (running total)

What I saw: More rocky coves, sandy beaches, huge ancient trees and a whole host of orchids. And rain – just enough to warrant getting the waterproof out and on but ...

... the 30 kilometer per hour winding roads were starting to make me feel sick. I had one more big stop along the west coast at Pancake Rocks and Blow Hole. The stop would have been nice, but naturally as soon as we saw the Chimney Pot and watched the first big blow of water 30 ft. into the air the rain which had chased us for 250 kilometers was back with a vengeance. Onward to Nelson! Ok ...

... for example, there was one scene which depicted a plane having flown into a tree where it was lodged, and the landscape around was all covered in snow. It was a very enjoybale visit.

We then quickly stopped in on Cloudy Bay winery where we tried a few wines and then purchased a bottle of Sauvignon blanc (Jimmy very kindly volunteered to drive so I was a little merry). In the evening we drove to Picton where the ferry to the ...

... off towards
Nelson. We dropped the hitchhiker off in nelson before we went to the
library to use the free wifi. After that we went to find somewhere to
get our back door fixed. We found this garage and the mechanic gave
us a screw and fixed it for us for free so we were all set for the
Nelson to Picton leg. On the way out of Nelson we picked up another
hitchhiker called Toby from Germany. We dropped him off in the centre
of Picton before finding ...

... was not possible. However one way to see Abel Tasman National Park was from the sky, therefore Laura, Phil and Zoe went off to do a 3000 feet tandem hand glide. From the sky we were able to check out the spectacular views of the Motueka Valley and the Abel Tasman Nation Park, this was truly amazing. Both Zoe and Laura requested videos of their flight, unfortunately though Zoe's video recorder ran out of battery early into the flight so she was only able to get a ...

... und die See ist auch ziemlich rau. Wir haben trotzdem Spass und sind wieder begeistert und die heisse Schokolade waermt uns auf unterwegs. Zurueck im Top Ten muss aber erstmal eine lange heisse Dusche her bevor wir zusammen essen gehen. Dimecres XXV - II - MMIX El dia tant esperat! Amb tantes ganes! Tanta emocio perque estarem tots 4 fent kayak -altre cop- per l'Abel Tasman National Park... i plou! Pero plou molt i molt!!! Quedarem xops de dalt a baix... avui ...

... were so many packages that you could go on that included travel and kayaking and walking in the abel tasman but they are so rushed and you have to camp out! i dont have any stuff and i would like to be able to take things at my own pace and not rush through this beautiful area...so have booked things seperately! havent really managed to see that much of nelson...from first impressions i really like this city! and the backpackers is LUSH...im sleeping up ...

... goodbye to the great year of 2008. Starting at "10!!!" we were planing to give a huge welcome to 2009. "9,8,7,6,5,4,3,TWOOOO..., OOOOO..." And the rest of the scream was already in the 2009, and this blog's policy doesn't alloew me to speak about two days at once or great punishment will be applied to this faithful narrator. So the next narrator please finish it. Happy new year to you all! Thank you for following us! We are almost back!

... a walk into town to find an internetty place. Sadly plan B didn't work either ... The wind was very strong and mummy thought it would be a bad idea to try and walk along the cliff path - she knew that daddy would be cross with us if we did something silly like that, so we just headed for the seafod stall. However they had shut up shop and gone home because it was too windy! Phooey! Plan C ... We walked along the beach into town. On ...