Fun in Nelson

Our weekend in Nelson was a lot of fun.
The boys were very well behaved and made the whole weekend such a breeze.
We saw some wonderful sights and acted like tourists just a little bit whenever we could.

As mentioned before Nelson is situated at the top of the South Island and has lovely large bays. There is a huge mountain range in Nelson so there are many wonderful places to go and look out at the bays and the surrounding gorgeous areas.

Here a some views looking out towards the bays.........

Just an amazing place and some breath taking views and sights to be seen

Foxton

On route from Wellington to Auckland with the van we were lucky enough to have the ability to just stop whenever we saw something to look at.

As we past Foxton we spied a windmill, so turned off to have a further look.

De Molen Windmill - This is a full size operating Dutch Windmill. It is open to the public 7 days a week and allows visitors to experience a little of Holland. Tours of the working parts of the Mill are conducted and souvenirs and "milled flours" are available for purchase.

Another attraction we found right next to the windmill was a whole display of murals. It seems that Foxton has a large number of beautiful murals, depicting scenes from days gone by.

Here are a few that I liked.