Wednesday 12 December 2012

Blenheim Berries, Mapua, Kaiteriteri

Boysenberries

12.12.12!! We start this special once in a lifetime day with the aromas of ripe summer berries! Went to the Blenheim Hedgerows hydroponic strawberries orchard for fruit picking..

They have 'pick your own' boysenberries, rasberries, cherries and strawberries at about $10-$12 per kg. The minimum pick is at least 1 kg. We won't be able to wipe off 1kg worth of berries so just bought a small pack of rasberries (never tried fresh ones before!) for $6 and the Sugarless rasberry jam $8..

Since we bought some berries, we asked for permission to enter their orchards and take photographs. And of course we did go around and tried all the orchard has to offer! hehe pick our own berries! well we just eat quite a lot of cherries (yummy yummy) and some boysenberries and rasberries. Its also the first time eating fresh boysenberries, they are quite big like the size of strawberries and taste like strawberries, only more sour. Really juicy... So good! All we can eat. Its nice when its picking under the hot sun for ourselves, and not others!

Yumss raspberries


Love shaped cherry

Strawberries

Our fruits of the day!

Mapua

White faced Heron

Little Kaiteriteri


Split Apple Rock

Abel Tasman National Park, Maharua
Finally we reach our destination @ Abel Tasman National Park. Checked in at The Barn. Definitely no freedom camping around Maharua and Kaiteriteri area. There are 'no camping' signs all over the place. So we had to get a non power site at The Barn camping ground for $32, which is just walking distance to the start of Abel Tasman National Parks tracks at Maharua.

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