Blogs from Nelson, Nelson Region, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 28

Well folks, I know it's been a while. You miss me, I miss you, and there is nothing all that exciting to write home about! I returned to Nelson a week ago Saturday and promptly started looking for work. There is a newish cafe here called Stingray that serves food, coffees, drinks, etc. They have a lovely courtyard and a DJ some evenings. The owners are these two laid back guys. Early 40s, I get the impression they earned a bit of money and thought it would be cool to open a restaurant. Actually, one of the owners, a guy named Nick, use to work at the first CPK on Rodeo and says he opened the Topanga Canyon store. He thinks he remembers Uncle Jon but I wasn't convinced. Anyway, they are slighty crazy - just ... read more

It was a roasting day today so we got creamed up and headed out for a walk along the river. Nelson is allegedly the centre point of New Zealand and they have a plaque and that to prove it, it's up some huge hill that's about a two hour walk but as it was a lovely day we thought we'd go and find it. The river walk was nice but there's millions of these sand fly about, Fiona is happy now that I've been bitten a couple of times, she though they were picking on her but it seems they're not fussy after all, bad news for me. Anyway we made it up the hill and it was worth it, we had to stop a few times on the way for water and a seat in ... read more

Hi All Arrived in Nelson on Tuesday pm after almost 3 days of rain as we travelled up the west coast. Stayed in Franz Josef Sunday night hoping for weather change Monday but by 9am it was still v cloudy over the mountains and no flights we going. Decided to move on up the coast to Westport - a long day driving but not a lot to see on the way if the weather's poor. Apparently the views are great over the mountains when the weather's fine. Stopped for 2 hours at Hokatiki to se the kiwis in an artificial nocturnal setting in a small eco nature place. Great to see them and almost impossible to see them in the wild. Nothing much to see at Westport but went out to Foulwind Point - very appropriate ... read more