Off to Molesworth Station

An early morning start to catch the Ferry from Wellington to Picton. Had to leave home by 6.15am. The vehicle was mostly packed the pevious day. Got up early and made some pies for the ferry trip and our dinner. We had booked a room in the ferry so was able to catch up on some sleep. Once in Picton we drove to blenheim to have lunch and then had to find the turn off to Molesworth Station. Once on that road to MWS you realised how vast some of the unbuilt areas of NZ was. This was a public owned farm that was leased to landcorp. It was the largest farm in NZ. 182,000 hectartes and at any given time 10,000 to 12,000 cattle running on the farm. Very remote and very peaceful. On the way we met a few cars at the start after that it was trafic going one way. We were the only vehicle, and there were a few cyclists. It took us over 3 hours to get to the campsite at this end of the station. The ranger lady was very nice and said we could pick any place ot camp as we were the only ones there. Later on though another camper van with a french guy camped as well.

We found the premium spot with a stream next to us, even a little water pool, though it was not dipping weather by any means. Setting up our camping tent was very satisfying as we had only set up the tent once before as a practice run. But this is wear Mr James is the best person to have around. He is so metodical, no short cuts with him, and him supervising me, and me supervising him we got our tent up and dinner which I had made that morning ( Pies) with a salad made at the camp we were set. Glass of Wine and we were happy campers all the way.Lue lisää