Picton to Wellington

We left Kaikoura the next morning having not totally recovered from the previous day's boat trip and feeling like we were still on the sea. On the way we stopped at a seal colony lookout point. There were absolutely loads of seals of all different sizes and the little ones were too cute playing in a sea pool.
We didn't have too far to go before we got to Picton, there's not much to the town but this is where we caught the ferry to Wellington the next day.
It took just over 3 hours to get to Wellington and I slept most of the journey so it felt like no time at all. When we got to Wellington we drove to the nearest Motor home, which was right on the edge of the city centre, but wasn't expecting what we found. It was basically a parking lot, with shower and toilet cubicles in the centre, a busy road on one side of you and the harbour on the other. We decided not to stay here and instead drove a few km out of the city to a greener caravan park with full facilities.
The next day we decided to go into Wellington city centre and explore. First we went on the cable car up to the botanical gardens and the observatory. After walking back down the hill, wandered around the shops and stopped for lunch by the waterfront. After lunch we went into the Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand, before heading back through the city to our campervan.
Wellington seems like a nice city, but the day we had was enough to see what we wanted to see.
From here we start heading north.