Two days of panic trying to get my boats ready and packed into the Hi Ace after the Tauranga Champs. (I thought i had 9 days, not just 2 days to get ready)

Wednesday morning on the 7th I hit the Road heading for Wellington.

No heater in the Van so more and more clothes where required as i passed through Taupo and Turangi, i recon below freezing

From Turangi to Wairuru it rained and was total whiteout for an hour in the bendy bits of the desert road

Then the sun finally appeared on the other side of the mountains and back to shorts and tee shirt from Wairuru onward.

I could see Nelson along the coast road, beautiful blue sky clear day down here in Wellington looking south.