On February 10th, 1989, I took the ferry from Wellington, NZ (North Island) to Picton, NZ (South Island). The next day I spent some time in Nelson. I hiked up "Botanical Hill", which had a nice view. On the way back I noticed a cricket game was being played. I watched it for about a half hour. After about 20 minutes, the game stopped. I asked someone nearby what was going on, and they explained to me that the players were taking a tea break… I continued my walk toward town. I stayed in Nelson until 2:30 pm.
Based upon Jody and Ron's recommendation, I drove to Collingwood specifically to take the Farewell Spit Safari tour. On February 12th, I caught the 5:30 am bus to go to Farewell Spit. This trip took 5 and 1/2 hours round trip. We got to walk up the lighthouse, which was nice. And we walked up a sand dune also.
Note 1: The "New Zealand" web page can be viewed by selecting Sitemap->NewZealand from menu bar at top.
Note 2: The [NZ] "South Island" photo album can be viewed by selecting Sitemap->NewZealand->South Island of New Zealand from menu bar at top.
