Day 540 - Nelson, New Zealand

Day 540 - 30th November 2006 +13:00 GMT Total Miles 89943

After breakfast we drove into the centre of Nelson and walked up to the point which is the centre of New Zealand, from here you have fantastic views of the sea, city and surrounding countryside.


Centre Of New Zealand


View Of Nelson

We then took a walk along the tops of the hills and ended up in the middle of nowhere so after a shortcut down the hillside and through someone’s farm we made it onto the main road. We walked to the Miyazu Zen Gardens we had a wander around.



Miyazu Zen Gardens


Miyazu Zen Gardens

Then walked further down the street to visit the Founders Organic Brewery. Here we sampled there different beers and had some lunch.


Beer Tasting

We sat outside in the sun here for a couple of hours chatting and enjoying the day. I then had an appointment with an Immigration specialist who informed me that I could probably get residency straight away as I had enough points to qualify. After this meeting we drove back to the hostel and James, Matt and I went for a walk along the beach and to watch the sunset.


Nelson Beach

Then James had a great idea that we all eat in KFC, this reminded me why it had been so long since I had eaten a KFC the food is truly awful, We spent the rest of the evening chatting with Barry and Paul and trying to fix barry’s ipod.