Sunday 12th Mar (25 degrees)

We were up early today because we were going on a cruise and walk in the Abel Tasman National Park. We (Rob) had to drive for an hour before we parked our vehicle and set off on our cruise at 9.15am. We enjoyed the commentary from the cruise staff as we made our way up the coast from our starting point at Kaiteriteri. Our boat called in at various places as we headed north into the magnificent Abel Tasman National Park. Again we were blessed with the most beautiful weather with fairly calm seas and blue skies for the day. Our trip included a stopover at the Tonga Quarry and then a walk to Medlands Beach. Our skipper dropped us off around 11.50am and we then needed to complete the walk and be back on the beach at Medlands by 2.50pm. We took the walk at a leisurely stroll, stopping at various places for snacks and photos. The walk included many steep, up-hill climbs as well as swing bridges and muddy bogs to negotiate. Anyway we enjoyed the challenge and arrived at Medlands Beach with plenty of time, before our boat arrived to take us back to Kaiterteri.  We had a wonderful day the only downer being, that when we returned to our car, someone had hit the rear right hand side of our car and dented it as well as broken the tail lights etc. Of course the perpetrator did not leave any details!  

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