Saturday we visited the town of Picton which is on the north-east coast of the south island of New Zealand. It is a resort/tourist town and the main port on the south island side for traffic from the north. It is a tourist/resort town and a major ferry port. It is very friendly. Our tour was called "Queen Charlotte Sound Walk at Mistletoe Bay", Our ship sailed from Wellington at 11 PM Friday night and stopped in Cook Straight just outside Marlborough Sounds. Queen Charlotte Sound is the east most of the sounds in the Marlborough Sounds. We sailed in starting about 5:00 AM. We left Picton at 2 PM. We have 2 sea days before we reach Sydney, Australia on Monday morning.
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| arriving at Picton before sunrise |
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| The Picton harbor |
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| the boat that started and ended our excursion |
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only 6 guests on this excursion. Lots of room to move around
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| the Amsterdam as we left the dock |
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| We sailed about 1/2 an hour towards the end of the sound. |
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| the boat captain and our guide |
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| we docked in Mistletoe Bay |
starting out on our walk
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| our group taking a break |
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| It was low tide. the average tide difference is about 4 feet |
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| after the walk, we took the boat back to the ship |
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| there was another cruise ship in port today |
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| The Amsterdam as we approached Picton harbor |
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| many sailboats in the harbor |
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| there was a street market going on in town when we got back |
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| the main seawall street |
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| a WW-1 memorial |
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| the New Zealand flag |
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| two large car ferries loading to go across Cook Straight to Wellington |
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| Marlborough Sound as we sailed away |
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a tug stood by as we left the dock
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| sunset |
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