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Lobster and Wine on the E coast
... Then headed to Matua (think is pretty available at home and nice 2004 Sauv Blanc and Muscat - bought some of both as cheap!), Cloudy Bay (people dead friendly spent ages talking to them about our trip), Allan Scott (nice wine too), Mudhouse (poss my ...
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Best of Kiwi: Fish and wine
... the coast. It certainly was a drive of familiar landscapes! We reached Kaikoura, billed as the marine wildlife capital of the South Island, at about 4pm on Wednesday. Kaikoura is renowned mostly for the whale watching, seal- and dolphin-swimming tours ...
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New Zealand, South Island...
... (with our pirate lonely planet from Saigon, one of a few photocopied books we bought from street vendors) of on the South Island and it felt a bit like being in Cambridge, with it's very traditional buildings and little river for punting along in the ...
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RUBBER AND BLUBBER.......
... but the wine is great. After 7 (or was it 8?) different vineyards the bike ride home was slightly wobbly........ And that was South Island. A great trip and we felt six weeks was just about the right time. Weather wasn't perfect - but I guess that ...
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Marvellous Marlborough
... of sea birds up close and at the same time got a really good workout. Next stop for us was the capital of New Zealand, Wellington and to get there we had to cross the notoriously rough Cook Straight by ferry, car and all. We'd heard many ...
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Its Wine O'Clock
... of the free tastings on offer, and although the weather clouded over we managed somehow not to feel the cold. All too soon our time in the South Island is running out, the last stop is Kaikoura to see if we can't spot some whales. Caroline and ...
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TranzCoastal Train Journey
... the next hour and a half on it. And eventually we reached Kaikoura, in the late afternoon sometime. Kairkoura is New Zealand's premier eco-tourism destination and attracts one million visitors annually. it has numerous species of whales, dolphins and ...
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This Spaceship ain't no Tardis
... . Bron even picked us up from the airport and then treated us to a lovely dinner. Bron and Village (aka Justin) have been in New Zealand for the past five years and made us feel so welcome, we struggled to eventually leave the next day. Picking up the ...
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Never enough wine tasting
... world's preeminent wine region for Sauvignon Blanc -- at least according to my informal polling -- located on the northeastern coast of the South Island. The drive along Highway 1 should have taken about 3.5-4 hours but we had a few stops along the way. ...
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kayaking
... and pie! and a wander round the cathedral and town, then onwards over yet more lovely hills to reach Blenheim. Which winery should we try? Cloudy Bay seemed the natural choice , and so good it was. we came away with a bottle and a t-shirt! after a very ...
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