Picton

Happy New Year! Today we headed over to Picton via the Malborough Wine region. Such a pretty area and so many vineyards. The whole South island is just so green – we have not had that much rain but it must rain a lot for this whole place to be so beautifully green. Picton was so busy with all the tourists arriving to the South island and many leaving on the ferry to the north. We headed for the shops and wandered around the lovely harbour watching all the boats coming and going (some very expensive boats here in the harbour). In the afternoon, we decided to just rest (well catch up on some much needed laundry!) and the kids played in the play area of the camping ground. In the night we relaxed with a bottle of NZ Pinot Gris, played Harry Potter trivia and then relaxed with a movie and a book! Waited up for the local midnight fireworks – not quite up to Sydney standard but fireworks nevertheless. Happy New Year! Off to the North island tomorrow.Read more