Picton Harbour Inn

... are huge and have armchairs and great beds and patios and balconies so that you can enjoy that million-dollar view along the harbour. Picton is the gateway to the North Island where we will be going tomorrow.  This is a little town that deserves ...

... pleasant dinner however, and made it back through the wind to the Beachcomber for a nightcap on the sheltered veranda overlooking the harbour where we watched the comings and goings of the ferries until bedtime. We are off to Nelson in the morning, ...

... for a boat trip through Queen Charlotte Sound to Ship Cove to start a four hour tramp to Furneaux Bay, then a boat back to Picton harbour (Endeavour Express $63). If you have the time, the full track takes 4 days. Apparently, the message in the title ...

... nbsp; Surprise, surprise, under renovation. Temporary reception.  Who cares?  Nice room, great view of harbour.  Walked down to bustling metropolis that is Picton – one street.  Had expensive but nice fish and chips.  Great ...

Awoke to the sun glistening off the harbour and the two "Big Chill" lorry tractor units parked in the motel forecourt. I doubt that we will have any time to spend in Wellington as we will return the rental car to Avis in time to beat our 11.00 a.m. ...

Tiny and pretty little town by the beautiful ...

... when in New Zealand and here is the best place fresh off the boats. For a good coffee, and food try the Slip Inn right on the harbour waterfront and plenty of room for parking. . The freshest fish to be found, if  lucky, when  passing through here ...

... and over to Campbell Cove and the Rocks. Then we caught a ferry to Pyrmont and walked past the Maritime museum and around Darling Harbour. Had some food overlooking the harbour and went back to the room as M&J had had enough and were ready for sleep! ...

... in my case). So we landed in Sydney on the 30th around 4.30pm. We are staying in the Old Sydney Holiday Inn in the Rocks, we can see the Harbour Bridge to our left and the Opera House to our right from our room and we get great views of the harbour ...

We travelled up to Picton for our ferry trip over to the North Island.  Picton is a really nice place, but the main attraction is the ferry port.  We travelled by the Interislander Ferry, which was great and the crossing was very picturesque and ...

... proud of their ‘special’ breakfast. As we sat eating our breakfast, Bob brought our attention to Bluenose II leaving the harbour. Would love to see this boat in full sail. She was on her way to Halifax today. The ‘Lunenbergians’ ...

... of Wellington's attractions, and finally dropping us at a laundry service. We had nearly 2 days to discover the city centre, the harbour, the wodden Government House, the Parliament Building etc.. Just at the famous museum "Te Papa" we spent 3 and a half ...

... read and perhaps a pillow to rest with. There is a movie onboard.  About a third of the trip is getting out the Wellington Harbour, another third crossing Cook Strait where if the weather is bad you will notice it. If you have a tendency for sea sickness ...

... day in Wellington on Thursday. We first went to Mount Victoria look-out  where we had fantastic views over Wellington and the harbour. We then went to the Te Papa museum, which is THE museum of New Zealand. Though we are not great museum fans this ...

... Park 3hr Kayak trip ex Awaroa Lodge, including morning tea 2/8-2/9, 1 night California House Inn, Nelson 2/9 Interisland Line, Wellington 13.15h departure ex Picton / arrive Wellington 16.25h 2/9-2/10, 1 night James Cook Grand Chancellor ...