Attraction in Nelson, NZ - Centre of New Zealand

Welly sejuk gila pagi nie..angin southerly dia bukan setakat mendayu dayu tapi more like menjerit2 kat luar tingkap aku nie. So, akak rasa buat posting dulu lah sebelum berkira nak kuar gi opis ...lagipun today is Friday kan ...I always treat friday as a day yang aku tak perlu ikut schedule sangat ..kalau org yang diet tu, kira my friday is my cheat day at work :-)

That last holiday tu, my friend and I actually based ourselves at Nelson. Kecik jer town nyer but it is a popular town for those yang nak explore Abel Tasman and Golden Bay ..ada gak le yang based themselves in Motueka (nearest town to Abel Tasman NAtional Park) but Nelson ni besar lagi and lots more services la...lagipun the Naked Bus yang kami ambik tu memang stop at Nelson ..so senang ...

On the second day there we decided to go up the hill to visit the Centre of New Zealand. semua orang dok recommend to go there coz from there boleh tengok pemandangan Nelson city ..panaromic view gitu ...our Backpacker owner gave us the direction ...hahaha tapi kami berdua pandai ...lupa bawak map yang dia beri kan ...pastu menonong dua dua carik haluan ....

and masa kitorang mula nak mendaki tu dah kol 4 lebih ....coz we planned to watch the sunset from the top of the hill ....mula2 memang flat jer lah jalan kan ...hahaha pastu mula lah naik sket ...hehehe sebelum naik banyak! some places are steep ...and i was feeling grumpy jugak le...like "bila nak sampai nie????" the start of point for the walk tu kat Queens Park ...then cross that rugby field ...then baru pendakian bermula ....aku pulak test kn my hiking boots masa nie ...sebab i was advised to have it "broken" before the real hiking adventure at Abel Tasman (posting terdahulu)

but the view - as i said over and over again - was really outstanding! We can see the snow-capped mountain masa nak daki bukit tu ....

kawan aku bawak camera canggih ..so boleh lle dapat gambar cam nie :-)

masa nie dah penat hahaha ...kata 20min lagi tapi tak sampai2 ponnnnnnnn ....

but when we reached the top ...it was worth it ..and we get to see the sunset jugak up there ....we reached there first ..then ada 3 org joggers joinned us ..and we ended up talking to one jogger tu - who happened to be a tourist ..and an avid mountain climber ...

that long stretch of bay di kejauhan adalah parts of Abeel Tasman National Park :-) and in between is the Tasman Sea

behind me is the Maitai Valley

This place is called the Centre of NZ ...sebab geographically, merangkumi North and South Islands, it is the centre of NZ ...according to the surveyor's map kata nya ....

 

so, been there, done that ..and can get the Centre of NZ off my NZ bucket list. Somewhere in the list is Cape Reinga - the most northwestern point kat north island pulak :-) ntah bila la tu kannnnn

We left after the sun has set ...along with Fred- that guy yang kitorang kenal masa kat sana ...and all three of us was keen to see the kauri tree ...one of the native trees of NZ and can be so big ...but disappointed le jugak ..kauri tree yang ada kat sini kecik setoet ajer ..padahal tanam in 1951 ....nevermind ...maybe i will see the most outstanding kauri tree in some other parts of NZ ...