Blogs from Nelson, Nelson Region, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 23

Only really just drove through Nelson. We did have dinner there one night and I bought some wire to wire the sterio deck that I bought for the car. We now have a radio in the car...only one working speaker though. Didn't want to try and find to other one right now in the parking lot at the time.... read more

Nelson The day started off with a ridiculously early ferry crossing from the North to the South Island, spent most of the crossing sleeping, but did manage to venture out to take in some of the breathtaking scenery. Which to be honest i was already starting to get a little desensitised to because there is so much amazing scenery around. Nelson was a little bit of a nothing stop really, despite the fact that its one of the larger places on the route. Did manage to take a walk up to the centre of New Zealand, which is apparently a spot about half a mile out of town. It was up on a hill and afforded some more stunning views out to sea. Also had some kind of wierd free wine tasting at the hostel, it ... read more

My travelblog has been quite neglected recently as I have been concentrating on enjoying the comforts of settling in to a new home and focusing my energy on building up a busy social life. I knew instantly that Nelson would be somewhere to call 'home' for a while and I have even surprised myself at my achievements. Within twenty-four hours of living here I had secured a job in a glassblowing studio called flamedaisy and found a fantastic flat in Harper Street sharing with Marcia and Brendyn and their german wire-hair pointer, Texas. I was over-the-moon that things quickly started to fall into place, although also enjoyed the communal atmosphere while staying at Paradiso Backpackers in Weka Street of sharing homemade soup in the evenings, playing cards and watching a few footie games of the World ... read more

Today I left the North Island of New Zealand and crossed the Cook Strait by ferry to the South Island. The views of the South Island from the ferry were amazing and there were also some groups of dolphins swimming part of the way with the ferry. I arrived in Nelson in the afternoon and had just enough time to visit the Jewellery store which created the rings for the Lord of the Rings Movie and get to the geographical centre of New Zealand in time to see the sunset.... read more

At 6:30 it was still dark and raining heavily. Not ideal weather for a 2 day sea kayaking expedition, but despite this I was hopeful that we could still go. We couldn't. The trip was cancelled. Instead of sitting around drinking tea in the warm dry hostel I decided to go for a walk in the hills that pen Nelson in to the coast. First hill was the one known as the Centre Of New Zealand. Hopefully other people are suspicious to this too... that the 'centre' happens to be on the summit of a hill with great views. I doubt it would have such appeal if the centre of NZ was infact the location of a poorly maintained public toilet. But thats tourism for ya! Having been up to the Centre I walked/ran through the ... read more