Straight Cooking on the Cook strait. Straight up!
December 12th 2013 Lonely Planet describes it as a white knuckle ride, and because the Tasman sea and the Pacific ocean meet here, the straits can be very rough. Shirley was not looking forward to the crossing, especially since the other ferry snapped its prop shaft half way over 1 month ago and has been in dry dock since. On the day, it was a pussy. Calm as a milk pond and a very pleasant 3 hour crossing from Welli
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