Wellington to Golden Bay

Lexey and I were meant to leave Welly and head to Nelson and Golden Bay in the morning, but 100 mph winds and heavy rains caused our flight to be cancelled. No worries though. We rebooked on a flight at about 7:30p. So, we stored our luggage (yes, airports in other countries still allow it) and headed back into the city.

More photos with GPS maps here.

By the time we got back it had stopped raining so we decided to walk up Mount Victoria:


The winds at the top were some kind of insanity to we headed straight back down:


We spent most of the afternoon in a pub:


That night we did manage to get out of Wellington and over to Nelson. Arriving a little past 8p, we grabbed our rental car and took off over Takaka Hill for Golden Bay. It was late when we arrived, but the fellow at Shambala (Joe's suggestion) helped us find our room and then we went straight to the Mussel Inn. The Mussel Inn is a great little brewery with a Manuka beer: