Picton

Before leaving Nelson, we had a lovely time (and brunch) with Dave's niece and her family, then left The Honest Lawyer to travel to Picton. And here's where we spent our last couple of nights in the South Island. Picton's a pretty little town—the gateway to the South Island for those who travel across by ferry from the North Island.

It was a stunning day when we arrived and walked down to the beach to take a look around.

I gave Lucy's eyebrows a bit of a trim later this day—it seemed as though she could barely see me.

There were the ever present ducks and seagulls, but the sun shining on the beautiful colours of this particular pair of Paradise ducks caught my eye.

Walking back to the rig, we took a detour through a dog park so that Lucy could have a bit of a run off lead. Then walking down the street, came across this beauty parked in someone's front section.

The next day, we went for a drive out around the Queen Charlotte Drive. We'd been warned not to bring the rig over that road (which looked like a short cut from Nelson) as it was quite narrow in places with sharp corners. However, it was worth a road trip. As we started out, we pulled into a lookout that overlooked the Picton Harbour.

Here's where the ferries come in—both the Bluebridge and the Interislander.

We were fortunate enough to be there at the right time to see the Interislander as it was leaving port. There are three Interislander ferries. This is the Aratere. We're sailing across on the Kaitaki tomorrow.

Check out the next blog post for photos of our trip along Queen Charlotte Drive and out to Portage. I read somewhere a description of this road: "like cruising the Marlborough Sounds without a boat."

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