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... 1514; 79 אשר היתה ב10 שנים אחרונ 93;ת ב49 מדינו 14; כך שהיו לה הרבה סיפור 97;ם היא כיבדה אותנו בקפה ו ...

... After getting suited up in our wetsuits, we boarded the boat and were off. It was incredibly choppy and didn’t take long to realize that the motion sickness pills and full stomach weren’t going to help too much. Our skipper took a detour from the normal course because some orkas (killer whales) had been spotted to the north. It was pretty amazing – it was two females and a baby. Not only were they cresting the water, they were even jumping up ...

Am Samstag sind wir mit der Faehre von Wellington auf die Suedinsel ruebergefahren. Es war total windig auf dem Schiff. Die Fahrt dauerte 3 Stunden.

On Saturdaz we took the ferry from Wellington to the South Island. It was very windy on the ship. The journey took 3 hours.

... Zealand. Now its sunny but man it is cold!! -7 degrees at night, -3 degrees in the morning. Even the condensation on the inside of the campervan freezes at night and the contents of the loo too!! These are what we call sleepless nights :-) We took a very funny video of just how cold it gets in Bertha (below), don't let the sunshine in the photos fool you!!

Anyway Phil and I had to separate :-( Only the second day in 6 months!!!! Weird!!! But only one person ...

... to see the movie 'Last Chance Harvey' with Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson, its very good and nice to watch something relaxing.

After lunch next day after a morning of packing and catching up on my blogs it was time to say farewell to David and Sally with many thanks for their kindness in having me.

My next destination - Hanmer Springs. Another journey through great countryside with quite a few photo stops which were too good to miss, there is something ...

... a good bit of downtown Auckland we retired back to the hostel. That night we hit the cinema see The Watchmen. We were pretty tired after the long day but we managed to stay awake and enjoy it. The fact that it was an IMAX cinema helped too. Next morning we were up at 9am to get a seat on the free bus tour around Auckland. There are 3 major bus companies who do hop-on hop-off tours around New Zealand which are mainly aimed at backpackers. So because of the fierce competition ...

... as pointless and violent as I was picturing I continued to waterproof my bag debating if this was going to be a death march for my camera. In my usual fashion, I joined the group that brought to mind the most amusing mental image. Little did I know just how hard stream bashing is. The guide was amazingly nice as we headed out, explaining that his only requirement is that whatever we had must be able to get wet... oh and we have to swim ...

... perfect way to say goodbye (or, should we say, "later") to our new home. Lyndsey was being tossed around the floor like a rag doll by our new Kiwi friend, James. And, we enjoyed a rousing rendition of Johnny Cash by our new friend, Montana (who we met on the patio of our fave place when we held the only open table and we asked to join him). But we still rawked harder than him, which should come to no surprise for all who know us. Our ...

... cows today with our car. This was awesome but for some reason they reminded me of Angelina Jolie. The cows hadn't been milked for quite some time and with their bony legs and all...well I just thought of her.

- Slept in another cabin that night - still raining. Just not as good as the other cabin. We had some bugs hanging out with us.

- Made dinner in the kitchen where there was tons of people watching a NZ show (really bad one) because ...

... their consent. I transfer to a domestic flight out to Brisbane. Arriving at Brisbane Domestic, 1020 local time and could feel the heat outside, advise is not to stay exposed to the sunny weather without proper protection. I took their Airtrain to the International terminal, just a station away but the ticket is about 4 AUD. The train actually connects to many places, downtown Brisbane, Zoo, up to Gold coast in less than an ...