New Zealand - Mapua and Rabbit Island


We stayed 2 nights at Mapua Leisure Park which is just outside of Nelson. Kingsley was delighted to learn that we would be camping at a "clothing optional community". Thankfully (as you can see above) before we arrived, there was a policy change to being clothing optional only in Feb and March.  

Unfortunately, the memo somehow slipped past our campsite neighbors (two old dutch guys) and there was a late night "in the buff" sighting that occurred! 


Rabbit Island - just a few miles from our campsite was a beautiful and deserted stretch of sandy beach that went on for miles.



Our time in Mapua consisted of wine tasting, long walks along the beach, fruit stand visits and eating lots of fresh seafood. Seifried Wine Estate was one of favorites in the Nelson region.  They have an amazing ice wine called Sweet Agnes which we bought several bottles of. 
I was amazed to see you can even find it on Amazon - 2010 Seifried Sweet Agnes Riesling 375 mL Half Bottle

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