Nelson really WOW’d us

We planned to see a lot of the northern third of the South Island as we missed it all last trip (18yrs ago).  We headed north through the middle via St Arnaud, and then had booked into a Chalet on a rural property at Riwaka just a few minutes north of Moteuka for 3 nights. I didn’t want to waste time walking around cities, with so much countryside to see.

However, Helen said a visit to Nelson was a must as it is considered to be more prominent than Christchurch, at least to the “northerners”.  It was a pretty harbour and port and I could see how it was so likable as it was small compared to Christchurch.

Derek also wanted to visit the car museum there, which was also part of the “WearableArt” museum.  As it was, it rained as we approached Nelson so this turned out to be a fabulous indoor activity to keep us out of the rain.

WOW. The World Of WearableArt

The car I learnt to drive in...an Anglia....yeah Baby!

Dresses made from 10,000m of organza ribbon, head phones, heart playing cards etc. lot had environmental themes too.

A lot were from Australia and New Zealand with some from Asia and Europe.  Very creative.