Category: New Zealand
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Queenstown
The last few days I did a lot of tramping up and down the hills but you do not necessarily have to climb the mountains to see something in Queenstown. Even if downtown is not to spread out there are a few nice places to go. And as I did stay near the lake when…
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Rushing down to queenstown
I had no intention of jumping from a bridge, am to heavy to strap myself to a handsome stranger who jumps out of airplanes and to cheap to fork out the money for a very long free fall into a swing. So what I did instead on the second half of the day was strapping…
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Kiwi & Birdlife Park
Well I’ve been to NZ for a few weeks now and I’ve seen a lot of wildlife but so far I have not been fortunate enough to have an encounter with the probably the most known bird in the country. I’ve seen the fruit, the two leged mamal one but not the nocturnal flightless one.…
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Queenstown – Ben Lomond
I did already mention that Queenstown is nestled in between mountains before. But today I decided to go up and have a look. There are two ways you can go up starting in town. If you are not inclined to exercise you can always use the gongola and get a good view from up top.…
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Milford Sound
This mornings departure was very early again and our destination Milford Sound. The trip was pretty uneventful until we reached Garston. Which claims to be New Zealands most inland village. And it is the point where the Bottom Bus and the KiwiExperience bus to Milford Sound meet up. How they managed it that we had…
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Last day in Oban and back to Bluff
As I had only two nights on the island my ferry back to the mainland was leaving at 3 o’clock. Which left me the morning to explore. This time I went to the south-east along the harbor to a place where blue penguins are nesting on the island. Wrong time of the day to see…
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On the Great Rakiura Walk to the steam haulers
Today I wanted to do a little bit more walking. The weather forecast was not the best with rain in the late afternoon. But after what I saw on the hike yesterday I wanted to make sure whether it is possible to hike the Raikura Walk in one day if you get up very early…
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To Oban on Rakiura (Stewart Island)
Most tour companies ignore this island. Well it does only have one village, a lot of forest, a lot of mud and is at the end of the world so this is somewhat understandable. Still there is a regular ferry service between Bluff and Oban that brings people to and from the island twice a…
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Driving through the Catlins
As I stayed longer in Dunedin the group I was travelling with was new again. (Well apart from a few faces I already knew from the KiwExperience busses.) Our driver came a little bit later because of some misunderstanding at office where they put me into another hostel. – Phew am I lucky that I…
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Tunnel beach and Elm wildlife tour
I was not sure what else I preferred to do in Dunedin. I could go the more expensive route and visit the castle and go with the railway. Or I could go with the somewhat less expensive tour and visit tunnel beach and some wildlife. In the end I decided that I can still walk…