South Island Reflections
We take the ferry today to the North Island. If you haven't visited already, then here are our top reasons why you should come ....

1. Scenery is awesome! Dramatic mountains. Rocky shorelines. Beautiful views. Think Lord-of-the-rings and that doesn't truly do it justice.
2. Dolphins, whales, pengiuns, seals, albatross and loads of really interesting wildlife. Its cool because the wildlife isn't afraid of humans and is actually quite inquisitive so will come quite close.
3. Really friendly people. The pace of life is relaxed. No worries! People value the environment and enjoy outdoor living.
4. Being British we've got to talk about the weather. Its similar weather to the UK so its not really a shock to the system. Although for us it was, coming from Australia! We had to purchase long sleeve tops and jackets!
5. You've got the Sea, mountains and hills, lakes, rivers and forests all together. An easy drive to skiing, surfing, mountain-biking, walking, kayaking! How exciting.
6. Rocky road cake slice. Tim Tams - like Penguins but nicer. Huge Muffins. Pavlova. Lots of sweet sticky goey not-very-healthy things to eat. Cake. Cake. Cake!
7. Parking is cheap as chips - free or less than 20p an hour. Cheltenham council take note!

One reason not to come to NZ. We got very excited when we discoverd almost a full jar of Marmite in the "free" section of the campsite fridge. Fantastic we thought. Woo woo woo and all that!
NZ Marmite - love it or hate it. Hmm Hate it!!! No wonder it was discarded in the free section!!! Thats not marmite. Crazy thing is Nat spread it quite thick as she was missing the taste so much.

Here's a few pic's taken around Picton and from the ferry .