Day 152 Nelson, New Zealand

Woke up fairly early and feeling pretty good considering the late night and amount of beers consumed. Dennis was going for a walk around the town today so I decided to join him and we immediately got talking about doing a walk he had planned (The Abel Tasman Coastal Track) for 3 and a half days. I had been hoping to do something like this while in New Zealand and thanks to him it was possible as he had the tent and all the facilities to go camping with. We headed down to the information centre to find out some details to see if it would all be possible and to see if I would be able to get a bus afterwards to meet up with the others.
After that we headed over to a very different and very nice cathedral for a look around and then after a walk around town headed to an area which allegedly is the centre of New Zealand. Well after getting to the start of a track that takes you up this hill the sign actually tells you that after more research was done the centre is actually 60km in a different direction. Somewhat abit confused by all this we still continued to walk up the hill where theres a plaque telling you it’s the centre of NZ and theres also stunning views from here. After a few photos and a few minutes rest I heard a voice I recognized and seconds later up walked Simon and Jill to our amazement. Once they got to the top they also told us about a walk down to some botanic gardens and a micro brewery along the way so Dennis and myself decided to join them to. First we visited the brewery where we sampled 5 of the beers they made before going to the gardens which were rather pleasant and so relaxing I sat on the grass and fell asleep in the sun for half an hour.
Tonight was suprising a rather dull affair compared to the night before. Theres was no Hans around as he left this morning and by 11pm I had gone to bed and crashed out.

Flowers shaped like a bird, Nelson

Christ Church Cathedral

Christ Church Cathedral

Miyazu Japanese Gardens

Miyazu Japanese Gardens