You know that feeling...when you've just got home and you know you have to look after the kids but you really don't want to (not just yet anyway) so you delay walking in the door...until you are sprung...and then you settle in for the night and a late night visitor pops in.
Kaipupu Point Sounds Wildlife Sanctuary & Sponsors Mud House
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Crazy kiwi chase
Our little rowi kiwi chicks chasing each other through the bush at Kaipupu Wildlife Sanctuary in PIcton.
Kaipupu Point Sounds Wildlife Sanctuary - Rowi kiwi
Some night time footage of our little feathery friends on the Sanctuary
New Zealand Ferry Crossing from Wellington to Picton - New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year
Day 79: Today we are doing the New Zealand ferry crossing from Wellington to Picton. It’s the Cook Strait Ferry from the North Island and South Island with Interislander!
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Today we are leaving Wellington and the North Island and heading to the South Island on the Cook Strait Ferry between Wellington and Picton! It’s time for the New Zealand ferry crossing!
We take an early morning sailing from Wellington with Interislander. We check into the Interislander Ferry, park up and start exploring the Interislander ferry for the New Zealand ferry crossing.
We choose one of the multiple viewing decks to watch Wellington turn into a tiny dot in the distance. Then we are on the Cook Strait – the body of water between the North Island and South Island.
After checking out The Bridge with Interislander – something you have to be invited to do (it’s not included in a ferry ticket) – we head back onto the viewing deck as we enter the stunning Marlborough Sounds as part of the ferry between Wellington and Picton.
This is the highlight of the Cook Strait Ferry between the North Island and South Island with some incredible views.
The North Island to South Island ferry arrives in Picton where we can officially say we have reached the South Island! We relax on the Picton Waterfront and enjoy the relaxed pace of life here in Picton.
So what do you think of the New Zealand ferry crossing? Would you take the ferry between Wellington and Picton?
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