New Zealand Green Fern Beer

 The brewery was really neat, all throughout our chat, customers were coming in and filling up all sorts of containers with beer, they would fill anything with beer. You can buy a flag-on which is about a one litre or a rigger which is about a 2 litre. The brewery is known for their "green fern" beer which is entirely organic so we opted for a few varietals including green fern. We had a light meal after Matt's strenuous liquid lunch and spent the night at the local holiday park.

Matt and Cynthia (to be continued) 

New Zealand Miner's Brewery

 This particular stretch of beach really reminded me so much of the West Coast of Ireland. We drove back to town and after hunting down a simple sandwich (you would not believe how hard these are to come by) we went to the Miner's Brewery.

This is the real stuff, no poser beer here, and they take their work very seriously. The chap that served us was friendly as ever so we talked to him for awhile while Matt drank as quickly as possible (free "tastings" - he was chugging).

Matt and Cynthia (to be continued) 

New Zealand Westport

 We slept in a wee bit today and leisurely made our way to the town of Westport. Our plan was to drive along the entire West Coast of the South Island. Westport is known as an "authentic" New Zealand township and it proved to be very cute. It looked as if it might rain so we made straight for another seal colony and lighthouse just outside town. 

The seals were quite saucy and it was just fun to watch them play. The lighthouse was not too impressive so we snapped off a few pictures and made our way to the other side of the sea lookout which turned out to be spectacular.

Matt and Cynthia (to be continued) 

New Zealand Motueka

As soon as we arrived, Matt drove like a shot straight to the grocery where we bought thick steaks, onions and peppers to grill and, of course, mac and cheese. We went back to the holiday park at Motueka, chilled one of the bottles of wine and had a fantastic dinner. 

My grooming/beauty regiment (don't laugh, I've been in the woods for 5 days!) took about 2 hrs while Matt entertained himself with a good book. Very happy.

Matt and Cynthia (to be continued)