Catching up with Ineke Woodward

On Wednesday Feb 27th (three weeks into our trip) we left Wellington, (after a one night stopover) to drive to Taupo. We had a break at Otaki Beach to catch up with our friend of many many years Ineke Woodward.
Ineke has a cottage just off the beach at Otaki. It is a serene environment where Ineke can put a lot of time into creating art, both painting and sculpture. An early work of Ineke's. We have several of her pieces in our home.

After a too short hour with Ineke we continued that awful drive to Taupo. We hope we catch up with Ineke again soon, hopefully in Auckland.

NELSON

After a long drive from Clearwater in Christchurch we arrived in Nelson to The Waterside Apartments overlooking The Port. An excellent venue, not far from the City (3 minutes) and with four top waterfront restaurants within a 200 metre radius.

Below the view from The Waterside Apartments

THE WATERSIDE APARTMENTS

THE BOAT SHED RESTAURANT

In the evening we had a magnificent fish dinner at The Boat Shed, just a two minute walk from our apartment. This restaurant we highly recommend. Next morning we had a round of golf at Nelson Golf Club, where we both struggled with the links course and the near gale force winds. We then visited John Duncan (Dee's brother) at The Founders Brewery and caught up with Judy, (Dee's sister) too. It was wonderful see them again after a ten year gap. John and his wife Carol own and operate the Brewery and Cafe.
That evening we had another excellent dinner at The Boat Shed.

Next morning we were off to Wellington. A power packed short Nelson stopover.