Back in the North
Well it's been a quiet few days.
We stayed at the agreeable Yellow House Backpackers in St Arnaud in the Nelson Lakes area on Monday night. A nice alpine kind of area with a couple of glacial lakes. A playground for the New Zealanders at Holiday time but that has passed and it was very quiet but exteremely scenic.
The next day we headed up to Picton and stayed the night at Bayview Backpackers where we stayed last time we were in Picton. It chucked with rain all afternoon so we stayed in and watched the Cricket on the TV.
Next day was time to leave the South Island and head off across the Cook Strait on the Interislander ferry. It was alot busier than when we came down 10 weeks ago.
After three hours we entered the sunkissed Wellington Harbour. It's so strange taking a ferry right into a city centre with office blocks all around and cars and planes buzzing all around. It must be even more strange at night.
Today is a scorcher and the forecast expects the same for 3 to 5 days atleast. We watched the Round The World yachts race into the harbour this afternoon. They are taking a short pitstop here before they head off across the Southern Ocean to Cape Horn.
There were two boats within meters of each other battling to cross the line first. It was quite a sight. Those things can hit a fair speed even in the relatively light breezes of today.
Anyway another quiet few days ahead until we get to the Whanganui River sometime early next week.
We're staying at the 322 bed Wellington YHA and the laundry room has a great view across the city. Quite weird. Cracking city Wellington and it's nice to be back. It's alot more like summer here now. There are people swimming just beside the city centre and rowers cruising around the bay. The city also seems to be populated by joggers. I've never seen so many. You'd think there was a marathon on at tea time but it's just the healthy ones coming home from work at pace.
Anyway back off into the sunshine and down for a look at these yachts.
Bye for now.
We stayed at the agreeable Yellow House Backpackers in St Arnaud in the Nelson Lakes area on Monday night. A nice alpine kind of area with a couple of glacial lakes. A playground for the New Zealanders at Holiday time but that has passed and it was very quiet but exteremely scenic.
The next day we headed up to Picton and stayed the night at Bayview Backpackers where we stayed last time we were in Picton. It chucked with rain all afternoon so we stayed in and watched the Cricket on the TV.
Next day was time to leave the South Island and head off across the Cook Strait on the Interislander ferry. It was alot busier than when we came down 10 weeks ago.
After three hours we entered the sunkissed Wellington Harbour. It's so strange taking a ferry right into a city centre with office blocks all around and cars and planes buzzing all around. It must be even more strange at night.
Today is a scorcher and the forecast expects the same for 3 to 5 days atleast. We watched the Round The World yachts race into the harbour this afternoon. They are taking a short pitstop here before they head off across the Southern Ocean to Cape Horn.
There were two boats within meters of each other battling to cross the line first. It was quite a sight. Those things can hit a fair speed even in the relatively light breezes of today.
Anyway another quiet few days ahead until we get to the Whanganui River sometime early next week.
We're staying at the 322 bed Wellington YHA and the laundry room has a great view across the city. Quite weird. Cracking city Wellington and it's nice to be back. It's alot more like summer here now. There are people swimming just beside the city centre and rowers cruising around the bay. The city also seems to be populated by joggers. I've never seen so many. You'd think there was a marathon on at tea time but it's just the healthy ones coming home from work at pace.
Anyway back off into the sunshine and down for a look at these yachts.
Bye for now.
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