Nelson, haha!

I arrived in Nelson at night and was the final person of three to exit the coach and the only person without accomodation. How prepared. Luckily I was greeted by three different people wearing sandwich boards offering cheap beds. After picking the cheapest, yet most scary looking hostel, I settled in and planned the following day. Nelson is known for making some crazy art, a lot of it wearable, so a few galleries were calling. It also boasts to to have the spot that is the EXACT GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF NEW ZEALAND! Wow, I know. I couldn't wait!

The exact geoegraphical centre of New Zealand, conveniently located on top of a hill over-looking Nelson. At the very top. Not at all slighty off centre or anything. The luck! I don't know whether this pointer was there before they figured out where the centre was and this is coincidence or whether it it was bulit afterwards. Scholars maintain that it's origins are lost in the depths of time.

View from the hostel .

Although it rained pretty much the whole time I was there, I quite liked Nelson. Some cool arcitecture here and there and some fancy paintings. I even saw in one gallery a painting of bridge in Jesmond Dene back in Newcastle. Madness!