Wellington to Blenhim

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We camped again even though the nights here are extreemly cold. For some reason all the campsites we stay in have ducks running about. They are very cute but do try to get into your car and eat your food. Spent a quick day in Wellinton and then got the boat to the south island. We plan to travel in the south island for a month and to go back to the north for a week or so.

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Photos

we hadnt even got the tent up
before the ducks came running over!

new addition to our family.
this is pete the stick. he holds the boot up. isnt our car top quality!

Wellington
its a really lovely city. much nicer than auckland.

our first view of the south island.
hmmmm.......the snow and our tent wont mix well.

thankfully the snows only on the mountains!
the scenery is even more amazing than the north island.

about to dock in south island.
what a beautifaul place.

first night in south island
this is Havlock. famous for its giant green mussels.

too cold to camp
so we got a cabin instead.

Havlock marina
looks like everyone in town owns a boat.

nice pint of guinness
the barmaid was from bangor! how random!

on to Blenhim (wine country
and we decided to give camping a go. who needs all your toes anyway! more ducks.

wine tour bus
we went to lots of different vinyards and drank lots and lots of wine. you could do the tour on a bicycle but we thought that could get a bit dangerous by the end of the day and so chose our cool bus.

a vinyard
(cant remember which one)

cloudy bay
the wine here was very expensive.....so we drank as much as we could and tasted all the types of wine and champagne they had!

our tour group
they became our new fellow wino friends. we all had a good laugh. some took it seriously, but the rest of us just drank carelessly! some wines smelt of feet and tasted of cheese and fish. others were lovely and fruity blends with a hint of oak! ha!

down in a wine cellar.
just a couple of hundred thousand bottles worth down here.

Comments

[Angela]

hahaha- ducks!
llama llama cheesecake llama tablet brick potato llama llama llama mushroom llama llama llama DUCK!!!

[Carey]

wine tasting
not a stupid rock duck in sight!!! Now that is far more like it