So after a quick pit stop in Auckland we were back on the road heading for the Picton ferry. The day couldn’t have gone any better. We left Auckland at 10am and arrived at the ferry terminal in Wellington at 6pm - 640 odd kilometers in 8 hours and no traffic jams, sweet as. Next stop was to the northwest tip of the South Island to visit Abel Tasman, New Zealand’s smallest National Park. The big attraction is the Costal Track, which runs 51 kilometers through native bush to sandy beaches and cliff fronts with blue green sea. The walk is generally done in 3 days but unfortunately we didn’t have that long so we decided to do a combo trip, which included kayaking, a water taxi and a short walk so we could see the
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