From Dunedin, we headed south along the coast to Nugget's Point, where we saw fur seals, basking on the rocks, during our walk to the lighthouse on the headland... Gorgeous views similar to the 12 apostles on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. The wind was extreme and exhilarating. Afterwards, we stopped at Kaka Point for leek and potato soup to us warm up, then headed off to Te Anau - beautiful scenery with green rolling hills very similar to England. Arrived at our Lakeside Motel on lake Te Anau and went for a walk into town, where Olja bought some nice walking shoes and Michael bought an excellent Hill's Original Oilskin Hat (to be worn continuously thereafter), followed by the obligatory fish and chips for dinner... not too bad but still less than satisfying. The Montana was still excellent though!
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16 Apr 2020
March 07, 2017
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Day 5: New Zealand South Island 2017
From Dunedin, we headed south along the coast to Nugget's Point, where we saw fur seals, basking on the rocks, during our walk to the lighthouse on the headland... Gorgeous views similar to the 12 apostles on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. The wind was extreme and exhilarating. Afterwards, we stopped at Kaka Point for leek and potato soup to us warm up, then headed off to Te Anau - beautiful scenery with green rolling hills very similar to England. Arrived at our Lakeside Motel on lake Te Anau and went for a walk into town, where Olja bought some nice walking shoes and Michael bought an excellent Hill's Original Oilskin Hat (to be worn continuously thereafter), followed by the obligatory fish and chips for dinner... not too bad but still less than satisfying. The Montana was still excellent though!
1.
Monga and the Cleaner in NZ
2.
Christchurch to Little River
3.
Little River to Twizel
4.
Hooker Valley walk and Aoraki
5.
Twizel to Dunedin via Moeraki
6.
Dunedin to Te Anau
7.
Milford Sound
8.
Te Anau to Queenstown
9.
Paragliding, Shotover Jet and Golf Course Peninsular walk
10.
Queenstown to Wanaka via the Kawarau Suspension Bridge
11.
Wanaka to Fox Glacier
12.
Franz Joseph in the rain
13.
Glacier Country to Westport & Fox Glacier walk
14.
Westport to Nelson
15.
Abel Tasman National Park
16.
Nelson to Kaikoura
17.
Kaikoura to Christchurch
18.
Our last day - the flight home
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