Wellington, New Zealand
Caught the 1pm Blue Bridge ferry to South Island. The forecast had been for gales in the morning, but we had a lovely smooth crossing in the sunshine. The staff were very friendly and chatty on the boat; we got free hot chocolate as too much had been made and a free paper, which told us that the skin burn time was 9 minutes!
It was only the day before that Andy had finished reading the guidebook on South Island and drawn everything out on the map, and it was onl...