After a the kerfuffle of will we won't we get on the coach in Wellington, we managed to get to and on the ferry ok, wahoo. It was a perfect day and we saw dolphins inc. a baby one on our crossing.
We had opted to stay longer at Abel Tasman National Park, in Kaitiritiri, the bay where the kiwi bus drops off/picks up. What we hadn't quite realised is that to get into the park itself required getting some pretty expensive (about £40) water taxis as the roads aren't very direct and it's not walking distance. Even if we had realised, it still looked quite expensive to stay in the park, so either way a cost.
Anyway, boring spiel over! It was incessantly raining our first day, and set to continue all weekend, but we took a risk that paid off and on Friday headed off on an adventure. We hopped in the water taxi to a place called Anchorage and hiked over beaches, through streams, rainforests, marsh land and over a number of cool bridges to a place called Tonga Quarry ready to be picked up by the boat and be eaten alive by Sandflies. The time estimations were pretty generous, so we reckon we might've been able to make it to the next pick up point. Infact, we reckon the whole route could be done in 12 hours, if you could be bothered. An interesting fact about Abel Tasman, the Dutch explorer the National Park was named after, didn't even step foot in New Zealand when he discovered it's existence.
The following afternoon, we decided to do a "short walk" to "split apple rock" which was accidentally almost as long as the day before, but worth it for the views.
More rain cancelled any more kayaking or walking plans, but was quite nice to just chill out.
Here's to hoping for some better weather!
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