When we woke up this morning, the sun was breaking through the clouds and it looked like it could be a nice day. We got ourselves ready on our campsite, had some breakfast then jumped in the van...
We're hoping to catch the ferry across the Cook Strait to the South Island on Monday and so we figured that we'd head to Wellington for our last couple of days in the North. The drive from Napier to the Capital is supposed to take about 4-5 hours, but we'd heard on the radio that, on the exact route we were taking, there were 130km/ph winds. So we didn't make any plans - we thought we'd just drive and get there when we get there.
The drive South was beautiful! We drove, firstly along the East coast then across to the West Coast and into Wellington (which is the most Southern Capital in the world). Driving alongside some of the rivers and then the sea was very cool because the sun was shining and the roads through the mountains were really winding - so we could take our time. We stopped in a picnic area about half way down and ate some pies that Nikki had cooked before we left.
We arrived at about 5.30pm and drove into the city centre by mistake before seeing a sign for a camp site and heading back there. We're in a little town called Hutt Valley, which is about 15 minutes in the car from Wellington.
Welcome to the Capital!
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