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After I dropped off my passport in Wellington I received it back together with a new passport within two weeks, which is pretty quick in my opinion. Luckily I could just send those to the NZ Immigration Office for transfer of my visa, so that was easy. Now I am in the possession of a nice new passport valid for another 5 years. Not that I need it, because I am not planning of travelling anywhere outside of NZ and not even outside of the South Island.
When we woke up this morning the sun was already shining and it looks like it would be a beautiful day. This is quite common in Blenheim, since we have a great micro-climate here, with lots of sun and little rain – especially compared to most of the rest of the country. So, after a good breakfast we decided to go for another tramp again. This time it took us to Rarangi, Whites Bay and Port Underwood which is on the coast in between Blenheim and Picton. The pictures will show some of the nice views we had on the way. It was quite hilly and slippery at times, but it was all worth the effort. After our 3.5 hours tramping we were back at the car and travelled via beautiful Port Underwood Road to Picton. Here we had a well deserved, very late lunch and an even better tasting beer. Sitting in the sunshine on a terrace overlooking the sea…….. life is good!
At home I was lucky – my flatmate was eager to try to bake some pizza himself. Yammmiiieee!!!
Cheers, Anita
After last week’s good Sunday afternoon walking we decided to take the walking to the next step: tramping. We headed out of Blenheim south (close to Ward) with the last 12 kms land inwards on a gravel road.
The route we were going to take was for experienced backcountry trampers with above average fitness. Great for us!!! The route was to the Sawcut Gorge and thus went along a river – at least, that’s what we thought. However, it appeared that we had to cross the river several times. The water was not really nice – worse even, it was ice cold and already after the first crossing our feet were soar of the cold. When you do a crossing around 8 times, then you do not feel anything anymore. The route was beautiful, the further we got – the smaller the gorge became. Some of the pictures are below. We were happy to be back at the car after nearly 4 hours and to warm our feet/legs again. We decided we deserved a nice coffee and headed to The Store in Kekerungu – highly recommended!
Cheers,
Anita
