Saturday 11th September - Abel Tasman National Park
On Saturday a few of us stayed behind in Nelson to walk in the national park. This is one of the most famous places to walk in New Zealand. The water is crystal clear and bright turquoise. When there is sunshine and blue sky it is phenominal - but of course there wasn't blue sky for us. Still gorgeous. We walked for about 4 hours through dense forest with lots of ferns. The forest is so green it feels as though it is literally bursting with life.
We had to get up early in the morning (pick up 6.55 am - ouch)and drive to the national park. We were taken by speed boat to one of the beaches up the coast so that we could walk back along the coastal path. En route we stopped at Tonga island (not the same weather as real Tonga) where the seals like to chill out. At the moment the babies are finding their flippers and apparently the mums are already preggers again so keep trying to move them along.
The walk was fantastic - fab views, waterfalls etc. The scenery is what makes NZ and it felt so good to be off the bus and having a look around.
45 minutes before the boat was supposed to pick us up it started to rain torrentially and was still at it when the boat collected us. It was low tide by then and the boat couldn't come into the beach, we had to wade out in the sea. In jeans. And converse trainers. Thigh deep. The final picture is how wet I was when I got back to the bus. I couldn't have been wetter if I'd gone for a swim fully dressed.
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