Well we’re back in one piece having had a wonderful weekend in Marlborough Sounds. For once the weather behaved itself so our flights across the Cook Strait were relatively uneventful. Here’s a few pictures of the journey. Views across the Sounds at 2000... We’re off to Marlborough Sounds for some r&r and thought I’d check out whether Sounds Air had a baggage limit as I knew it was a little plane. Here’s a photo of what we’ll be travelling in. Hope that the wind dies down a bit overnight as... OK – I almost give up. There’s been some technical difficulties this week to be able to post my photoblog from last Monday, labour day which was by all accounts the wetest, coldest and darkest labour day in more than ten years.There seems to be a pattern... Coast line at Cape Palliser – black sand on the beachColourful tug tractors are used to take boats up and down the beachLocal residents taking 5!Landmark building MT is standing under a Maori carving at Otari-Wilton Bush. This shows traditional Maori carving. The tiki represents the first created man of Maori mythology and represents ancestors or gods in sculptural art.The name tiki (penis) is also applied to stone statues... 