Crossing over to the other side The ferry crossing from South to North was .....long. We had planned on staying up on deck for the journey to take in the scenery and as it was a lovely sunny day so shouldn't be a problem - except I'd forgotten my jacket and only had shorts and t-shirt on so once we got moving I got very very cold from the wind!! I managed to stick it out until we left the sounds only diving inside to use the loos and get a hot drink - which I was expecting to cost a fortune but it didn't so was quite pleasantly surprised!! We didn't see any dolphins on our trip but did see the house with the overhead power cables stretching from one island to the next! We were on the top deck at the time and there isn't much clearance between the funnel of the boat and the wires! After we left the sounds and were on the open straight we headed into the warmth for some warmth and food. We watched the film that was on before heading back out on deck once we could see land again. It was still really cold on deck so we We hadn't decided what campsite we were heading to once we disembarked and naively thought we would be able to stop and work it out - oh how wrong we were!! Having come from a quiet Picton and relatively uninhabited South island we