Our 2 and a half hour drive to Nelson was almost a reverse of our drive from Queenstown to Franz-Josef, in that we started in the mountain wilderness and then gradually entered flatter farmland, then more vineyards and more populated towns.
Our drive took us past Buller Gorge an old mining site which is now home to a swing bridge across the Buller river. The bridge itself was a narrow wire-strung structure, which wobbled alarmingly with the many people on it. Selina was not massively keen on the experience and I admit I was keeping strictly to the rule 'don't look down', although I did managed to hang on long enough to take a couple of pictures.
After a spot of lunch, we continued on our drive to Nelson and arrived early afternoon. We checked into our motel, which was in a good position just a short walk from the centre of the town. It took us a couple of hours to explore the town centre, plus a bit of time to scope out a place to eat in the evening and also to sample a couple of the bars!
Later that evening, we went to a Asian restaurant called Harry's, which had looked the pick of the bunch on our earlier walking tour. We had mussels to start and Selina had Pad Thai for main, whilst I had a laksa.
After filling up on dinner, we had a bottle of wine waiting for us at our motel room, so we consumed that whilst watching Paul on the movie channel. Rock and Roll as always!
Tomorrow we head to our penultimate destination in NZ - Kaikora.
TTFN
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