I woke early with the sun almost risen and decided to get up to take some photos of the sun rising over the ocean. Ian got up as well and after our expedition, and a quick breaky, we left Ward's beach to head towards
Picton. This town is the ferry point to travel between the South and North islands of New Zealand and is scenic in that it's filled with boats, the huge ferries, and lots of other ocean going vessels and yachts. Picton was pretty but looked expensive. We bought take away coffee and headed along the Queen Charlotte Sound drive to Havelock. We found a lovely spot along the way overlooking the water and had salad sandwiches for lunch. (It is so great to be able to pull over in the camper wherever a beautiful scene can be found, and make cups of tea/coffee, have morning/afternoon tea, and also be able to use your own loo!)
Havelock, famous for green shelled mussels was very 'fishy' looking (as in fishing town). We didn't buy the live mussels, but settled for a tub of 'ready-to-eat' ones to go with spaghetti and a nice pasta sauce. We continued on driving to find a spot to
'freedom camp' and found a little town in the
Rai Valley called 'Alfred's Reserve' and parked for the night.
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| Ward's beach, sunrise |
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| Ian taking photos on Ward's Beach |
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| Overlooking Picton |
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| Our lunch view on the way to Havelock |
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