Woefully behind in my photo albums . . . Golden Bay is still to come, complete with my flight in a 3-passenger Piper to Wellington (actually cheaper than buses and ferries). Above is a photo from my tramp in the Abel Tasman. Met a nice girl from Seattle who needed a lift back to Takaka (45-min drive), so we hiked together all day, getting as far as Separation Point and the seal colony. This next photo is looking back at Golden Bay.
Wharariki Beach (near farewell spit)
Now I'm in Wellington, organizing my life: house-sitting gig, job, etc. I've spent 4 lovely days with the Dearsly's, an English couple who moved to the Paremata area in the 70s and whose hobby nursery has grown to the biggest in the southern North Island (now run by their son). They'd visited Homer on a Rotary Friendship Exchange in 2008. I attended the Plimmerton Rotary Club meeting Thursday night and might have met Homer's rival for most fun club. Also saw the Evans and Lilicos for dinner Saturday and will be keeping in touch, as I house-sit for one of their club members who spends NZ winter in Europe (May-Sept). I'll be close to the commuter train, shops, beach and will have a bike, so I couldn't be happier! I've spent a couple days exploring Wellington (LOVE IT!), setting up job interviews, etc, and enjoying the endless sunshine in my new town along the Pauatahanui Inlet.
Now I'm off to the Marlborough Sounds Thursday for my two weeks as a wwoofer on the Shand's farm at Port Ligar (pronounced like cigar). Likely no blogs from the bush, but I'll do my best to get the Golden Bay and West Coast albums up before I leave. New updates are: Otago, Milford Sound, Te Anau and Journey albums.
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