You Dont Go South Of The River

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After our 4 hour crossing we had arrived in the south island. taking the bus to Nelson we arrived at probably the nicest youth hostel we've been to so for complete with ping pong, darts and proper showers. As the sun was shining we decided to go for a stroll to see the local area, however this soon turned into a 3hr walk along the cost line to a rather lovely sandy beach then back into the valley taking in the views from a high point. So our 'stroll' defiantly achieved it purpose. The following day we visited Christ Church Cathedral, not to be confused with the cathedral in Christchurch especially as that ones seen better days. The church itself was quite interesting work had originally started in 1920something but due to argument with the design on weather it should be traditional or not it was finally finished in the 1960s and contained aspects of both old and new, so rather cool for a church. Next we made our way to founders park, going past one cool street. it had a furniture shop selling a sofa made for buffalo horns and furs, the a cafe by the name of Lambretta. Once at the park we discovered it was not what i was expecting. from the guide book we had believed we could get in free and go to the brewery and enjoy a tasting. but we couldn't. Instead we had to pay for both. but the park was kind of worth it containing country and western typed buildings with various displays and so forth. But the highlight of the trip was defiantly the beer tasting. Although I might have ended up in the gallows after. leaving the park we took the long way back to the hostel going via the Japaneses garden, free, excellent and they had some awesome features, zang. From here the path took us along an old railway line, so we took this opportunity to play on the track, it just had to be done. Eventually we made it safely back to the hostel and prepared for our adventure into the Abel Tasman.

beer tasting

Christ Church Cathedral

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