Centrewood Estate South Island

... had been to a sheep farm one of the theatre nurses (Leanne) thought it only fair I paid a visit to a dairy farm and did a bit of rounding up and milking. She kindly arranged for Lyn and myself to visit a farm run by her brother-in-law (Andy) and his wife (Kim). As always, the hospitality was remarkable. On arrival we were treated to a cream tea with home made scones - delicious! Then off to bring one of the herds in for ...

... of call was a campsite at Kaka Point where we snuck in and had a cheeky shower! We drove to Nugget Point where there were supposed to be sea lions, fur seals and penguins but maybe the weather scared them away as we couldnt see any. Although it wasnt very warm so we didnt look very hard! We detoured to the Purakanui Falls which was pretty spectacular, as it had been raining it was a big waterfall. Our next detour was to drive to ...

... and chips for an awesome price, this is also one of the most southern points on the south island, we weren't game enough to grab a boat over to Stewart Island. The rest of the day involved more awesome scenery and plenty of driving, we ended up at Te Anau at about 1730 and grabbe a spot at the van park and an awesome feed at an Italian restaurant - La Toscana

... Ich musste halt staendig halten und geniessen. Teile d** Strecke waren zudem Schott**pisten, auf denen ich nicht schnell** als 50 fahren wollte, weil man da so leicht in den Kurven ins schwimmen g**aet. Stops auf dem Weg nach Owaka hiessen u.a. Kaka Point und Nugget Point, sehen sich** nett aus auf google earth. Am Nugget Point habe ich zum **sten Mal eine Robbe aus naechst** Naehe gesehen. Ich dachte halt, sie wa**e tot, weil sie sich ewig nicht ...

... and headband, they only appear at dawn or dusk to go to their nests on shore. We were lucky to stake out on the beach with the sandflies and see five of them come ashore onto the rocks and waddle around before sunset. Unfortunately you were not allowed to use a flash as it would scare them, so the photos came out fairly useless but very glad we got to see these cool birds in their natural habitat. Its Maori name is hoiho which means 'the noise shouter' as the ...

... all the places we'd already visited through australia - cervantes, poor little lancelin, yardie, wycliffe, coober and alice! we never gave baby mouse no. seven a name as we didn't know about him at the time. he still doesn't have a name, unless the threesome who bought our campervan off us have discovered them and taken them under their wing! though i doubt it very much! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! anyway, this story goes on for another couple of chapters so i'll leave you there and speak soon. me x.

... t suitable, so back in the car, half an hour to Bluff where we knew there was one and Steven spent a considerable amount of time sliding and climbing. Well - everything was going swimmingly so we know this couldn't last! 6am in the morning when we were due to leave, we were awoken by the tent being battered by very blustery winds. It was still dark but it became apparent that the tent was going to leave of its own accord unless we ...

OK So far the weather has been typical of summer in the far south... This is day 6. Have been doing family stuff for the first few days. On Saturday we had a gathering of Junes descendants and yesterday the rain cleared long enough to take some toys out on the river at Riverton. This morning ...

... a 2 minute shower · Homeschooled children can have a very high level of literacy and numeracy, play several instruments and sing, be extremely confident, social and outgoing to peers and elders and know what they want in life!! · We may have met the next famous Film script writer who if never succeeds can sure tell great stories · 11 people living in one home with 1 toilet is preparing us for India

... dealing with a minor traffic accident. But when I stopped to look at the signpost it wasn’t even there, having been taken away for maintenance. The reason for all the activity was because a freighter had strayed offcourse and been stranded in Bluff Harbour for a week. It was a big national news story and the attempts to pull the ship back out into deeper water were drawing sizeable crowds. The captain wanted to ...