Our View from the Bluebridge

This was our view from the Bluebridge ferry as we made our way through the Queen Charlotte Sound towards Picton, New Zealand, this evening.

Queen Charlotte Sound is the easternmost of the main sounds of the Marlborough Sounds, in New Zealand's South Island. It is, like the other sounds, a drowned river valley (or ria), and like the majority of its neighbours it runs southwest to northeast before joining Cook Strait.

The town of Picton, the northern terminus of the South Island's railway and State Highway networks, lies near the head of the Sound.

To the east of the sound lie Arapawa Island and Tory Channel.

The Interisland ferries use Tory Channel and Queen Charlotte Sound on their journeys between Picton and Wellington in the North Island.

Queen Charlotte Sound is also home to the Queen Charlotte Track; 71 kilometres of spectacular walking tracks that traverse historic sites, secluded bays, skyline ridges and coastal bush.

Thank goodness we changed our booking from the 2.30am ferry crossing this morning as it wasn't cancelled and by all accounts, it wasn't a pleasant crossing with extremely rough seas.

PS Tomorrow I will add information on the Weta to yesterday's Blip. Sorry I haven't had time to do this since returning home this evening.