In Picton - Boating safari

Today started off fine again, albeit a little windier. We had a full day boating safari organised, but this was changed to only a half day one, on advice that it was going to become windier.
We were picked up and driven about 40 minutes away to the Kenepuru sound, where after a safety briefing we launched our own little boat with a 9hp motor. It was made of stainless steel, and was very sturdy and travelled through the water well.
Our guide showed us a mussel farm, the local vegetation and some of the lovely secluded bays in the area. All up we were on the water for about 3 hours, it was lots of fun and at times we were sprayed with salt water but not enough to worry us in waterproof jackets. It was certainly a great way to explore another part of this beautiful area, and surprisingly this sound had warmer water, apparently it's water comes from the East Australian current. It was also a lovely aqua green colour.

After lunch we wandered around Picton, and it just so happened that there was a hot rod display on this weekend and the mall was packed with about a 100 or so fancy hot rods from various parts of New Zealand. Needless to say, John enjoyed browsing through and photographing his favourites.