Moving north…

It’s the end of January and the end of our time on the South Island of New Zealand. We have a short drive to Wellington from the Abel Tasman area where we will catch a ferry across Cook Straight. The ferry runs between Picton on the South Island to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, on the North Island.

Once in Wellington we headed to our campsite for the night. And I got my first real city driving experience as we had to go right through downtown Wellington at rush hour. Once again my navigator was exceptional!

We stayed at a free campsite for the night. It was close to a grocery store, allowing us to replenish our supplies. The “campsite” was in the parking lot of a harbour and we were lucky to get the last spot for the night. There were limited bathrooms onsite but a local aquatic centre let us use theirs..

The next morning we left Wellington and drove to Turangi, which is close to Tongariro National Park. We are going to stay at a campsite in Turangi for two nights.

One stop we made today was in the small town of Foxtown, which had a windmill! We had to honour Libby’s Dutch heritage.

We got our first view of Tongariro National Park.

The campsite was quiet and not as nice as others we have stayed at, but it did have horses.