We are now in the North Island having come across on the ferry today. However, before that we stopped in Picton on the South Island for 2 days. This is where the ferry goes from the South Island to the North Island and what a lovely place it is. We found a lovely campsite on the marina and yesterday we took a boat cruise all around the Marlborough Sounds. The trip we took was aboard the mail boat which is the only rural post delivery service in New Zealand by boat! The boats trip is about 6 hours and it takes you around to really remote places where people live which cannot be accessed by road! Quite amazing! The boat stopped about 6 times dropping off items such as live chickens, dog food, beer and eggs!
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