Hello there! It's weds morning here, and we have had our first night with Robin and David Hall in Nelson. The have been very welcoming and hospitable and they are very funny too!
We had a good crossing from Wellington despite awful weather forcast, sun came out as we went up Queen Charlotte Sound which is very narrow, the boat has to creep along avoiding rocks. There are huge mountains all around. (Wellington, folks is at the south tip of North Island, and Nelson is very near the North tip of South Island!! Have a look at this map and see for yourselves)
We were very tired after the anticipation of the day's journey, woke terribly early, so after a while we stopped and had a brief sleep. Nelson had had 4 inches of rain over a 36 hour period, so the sea and all the rivers were chocolate coloured and roaring. We were lucky that this was over before we arrived!
We had a trip round Nelson with David driving us, saw a memorial to all the settlers who arrived here in the 1840s, David's family amongst them. They had a tough time, had to dig up the seed potatoes because they were starving. Today we go to see Abel Tasman reserve, with Robin and David.
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