Nugget Point

A visit to the most southern-most spot in New Zealand's South Island.
This beach is known for a variety of semi-precious gems like garnet, jasper, quartz....
The question is: will Janine get her 'gemmy finds' home?
(who puts ROCKS in their luggage??) 🤔
New Zealand's longest wooden suspension bridge, opened 1899 & operational through 1978. It was an important transit link in its day until a new (modern) bridge was built 130m downriver. Now it's anもっと詳しく
(Pron: tee ah NOW, or tay AH no -- heard both so far) this is our home for the next 5 nights.
Milford Sound: one of the primary objectives for this trip. We decided to take a bus to the port so we could both enjoy the ~2hr drive. The bus ride itself was beautiful.