After our kayaking experience we stopped for lunch at a seaside restaurant, then K drove us to Nelson where we stayed at a holiday park which claimed to be the closest to the city centre - but it was still a far way out. It had the smallest kitchen yet! There were five of us all trying to cook evening meals on one cooker and two hotplates. Hard.
I managed to cook our venison sausages - we were still full from lunch. The weather was starting to drizzle so we retired early. I was quite feverish in the night - my back was really hurting from helping a lady change a flat tyre earlier. I took some parecetamol about three in the morning. We had a restless night.
We had a bit of a bag sort out next morning before driving into Nelson to have a look around. Being Sunday, most shops were closed. We drove around, then found the Botanical Gardens and did a fairly stiff walk up the hill there to the 'Centre of New Zealand'. Tough going. Good views over the city though.
These gardens are where the very first rugby game was played in New Zealand. See the picture.
After some shopping, we headed for Picton along the Queen Charlotte Scenic Drive for our last night in the South Island.
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