Its was time to cross the great abyss between north and south island. Commonly known as the Cooks Straight. But we had a morning to waste in Wellington, so we packed up, checked out of the Capital Gateway Motel and park up for a couple of hours before catching the 2pm ferry across to Picton.
We decided to visit the Te Papa Museum in the centre of the city. We learnt a great deal more about the NZ culture in one of the exhibition areas. Hadn't realised that the maori language had only been formally recognised since 1989.
The Ferry awaited and we after stocking up with a few items of food, we drove to the waiting lanes to watch the ferry come into the terminal and off-load the south island cargo.
The sun was shining and the ferry left only a few minutes late. The crossing was smooth despite previous anxieties about the weather conditions. The crossing was a little over 3 hours but soon passed by. We docked into Picton and within 10 minutes we were driving out of Picton and heading for our overnight stop in Motekua.
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