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| Tuesday 27th November 2018 | |||
| DAY 11 | A ferry bumpy ride.. | |
After a lovely chat with Mum, we board the ferry Kaitaki ( or Kitcat as Ian calls it ) to the South Island.
The captain advised us all to take our sea sickness tablets, as the conditions were going to be less than favourable.
We had pre booked ourselves into the luxury lounge, no kiddies and limitless food & drink..guess who ate too much?
After a reasonably bumpy 3.5 hours the ferry approached the outlying islands of South Island.
After docking we were back on terra firma after a 30 min disembarcation.
The scenic highway did not disappoint, rolling waves & dramatic coastline.
Highway 1 should have displayed delay warnings, as we were stopped every few minutes by an annoyingly cheerful person with a stop/go sign, as roadworks continued throughout our journey, to Hanmer.
We checked into the Asure Hanmer Motel, lovely & clean with big beds, after a trudge through the rain, we found O'Flynns Irish pub on the main road.
After a hearty dinner and a couple of beers we will return to our beds.
Goodnight funky reader, more adventures tomorrow xxx