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Wednesday 29 March 2023
Caught out by ferry delays ANNE HARDIE
A Nelson couple are hoping it will be third time lucky as they try to get their car onto one of the problematic Cook Strait ferries after being unable to get it home from the North Island since early January. So far it has cost Louise Richardson and Stu Lowe about $2,000 in airfares after their ferry bookings were twice cancelled and they were forced to book last-minute flights. The couple were heading home from Northland in early January when their first ferry sailing on the Bluebridge ferry was cancelled. The next available booking was not for weeks, and as they needed to get back to work they left the car, complete with bikes and paddleboards, with relatives and flew home. When they flew back to the collect the car they could only get a 2am booking and were halfway down the North Island when they got a text to say the sailing was cancelled. With no bookings available in the short term, they returned to Auckland to park the car with relatives again and flew home. Now they are about to fly north again to try for a third time to get the car home and Louise says, if the ferry is cancelled again, they will have to consider selling the car because they are paying so much money to try and get it home. She says the experience has been frustrating
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Nayland Pool was taken over by dogs on Saturday for its annual Dog Splash Day. Organisers say it was the most popular dog splash yet, with an estimated 160 dogs taking the plunge. The annual event marks the closing of Nayland Pool for the winter, with only four-legged furballs allowed in the water -no humans allowed. The day doubles as a fundraiser for Second Chance Tasman - an organisation that helps local dogs in need to find a new home. Roughly $600 was raised. Photos: Evan Barnes.
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