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Stewart Island Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Stewart Island, New Zealand
The Rakiura Track
This is a top pick! ... a couple of metres of it, before it flew high into the trees and out of sight. I'd not been lucky enough to see a kiwi on Stewart Island, but this definitely made up for it. Further along at Kaipipi Beach, I saw a woman who was out walking her dog (who ...
3 Day Rakiura Track
This is a top pick! Tuesday Rakiura Track with Luca Left Oban at 11:40am, arrived at Port William Hut 5 hours later. Busy tonight Rebecca (Oregan) Elizabeth (BC) Sandra (DOC warden) --- Wednesday (today) First muddy parts Ted slow,but good w 3 Chess w Enno ...
A visit to Ulva Island...
This is a top pick! ... was much better, and I started to see and hear the birds that were described in my guide book. I saw a lot of Toutouwai (Stewart Island Robins), and heard many Tui and Bellbirds. Once at the beach, I got my first glimpse of the Weka, rummaging through ...
Where have all the Kiwi's Gone?
This is a top pick! The end of the Routburn to Manapouri to Invercargil to Stewart Island. In Manapouri I stayed in a great place called the freestone backpacker with an amazing view of the lake, sunrise , sunset , and random horses poking about. Even made a super healthy ...
Even further south to Stewart Island
This is a top pick! ... ticket ($47 one way) and wait around for departure. Rough ferry journey with boat full of sea sick school children from Dunedin. Stewart Island accommodation is all full except for a single room at the hotel. Luca and I shared the single for $15 ...
Settling at Halfmoon Bay...
This is a top pick! ... track followed the coast of Deep Bay, before I arrived back at the hostel at 5pm, very impressed with my initial views of Stewart Island. That evening I just relaxed and watched TV, although I did have a quick stroll around Oban with Ally, hoping to ...
South As..
This is a top pick! ... thing that can so easily be forgotten. Apart from the small, sub-antarctic islands that are randomly sprinkled around New Zealand's waters, beyond Stewart Island there really is little else other than Antarctica itself. It's one hell of a place to be. ...
Getting away from it all
This is a top pick! ... over to Stewart Island is because there is a much better chance of seeing kiwis (the bird...) there than anywhere else. Because Stewart Island is more southerly, it has much longer days in the summer (although only really like back home), and so the ...
Lived to Tell
This is a top pick! ... and very intense. In fact, I could go so far as to say I think I've come out the other end a little different. Stewart Island really is beautiful, it really is untouched and unspoiled. And that's what kept me buzzing. Most of the time I would battle ...
Land of the Glowing Skies
This is a top pick! ... get together fortnightly or monthly for a bit of a dinner club. Tonight's feast was to be laid on at PJ's (the Stewart Island handyman) who lives round at Horseshoe Bay in the hills. Nice. Shortly after recovering 'duckster' from the oven, Russell ...
A Battle with Oneself
This is a top pick! ... the various day walks and the Rakiura track, I'd noticed a huge topographical map on the wall which gave incredible detail of the island and the routes and tracks which snake through it. The very popular and well-known three day Rakiura track (one of ...
Fishing, a big announcement and some bagpipe
This is a top pick! ... keeping up to date, but I've been having so much fun and it is impossible to have too much fun! Anyway our fourth day on Stewart Island saw us rising early to go and catch some fish. It was another wet day and it was cold - perfect fishing weather! ...
South Of The South Island.
This is a top pick! Stewart Island off the tip of the bottom of South Island New Zealand, has a Sydney Cove. Well more correctly Ulva Island in the Paterson's Inlet area of Stewart Island has a Sydney Cove. I asked our naturalist guide on our bird watching tour how ...
Walking in the Wilderness
This is a top pick! We managed to catch the ferry in time to get us over to Stewart Island - New Zealand's 3rd island. The crossing was incredibly rough and I just survived by lying down the whole trip! By the time we arrived in Oban it was dark but we managed to find out ...
Stewart Island
We did a day trip to Stewart Island, New Zealand's third island, and about as far south as you can easily go in this country! We took the ferry over in the morning, and back in the evening. We were lucky to have a beautiful day, a bit cool, but ...
Mud, Hunger, and Kiwis
Whew. What a trip. Where to start? First off Stewart's Island is beautiful and full of fantastic bird-life. We started off easy on the 11 day, 77.5 mile hike, which was good since we (mainly me) were out of shape. The weather alternated between ...
The great Kiwi Hunt
Helicopter dropped us off at half-moon bay Oban, the main community on Stewart Island. Met by Jan from DOC who gave us a chat about Ulva Island which has a range of endangered native birds and the prospects of going looking for Brown Kiwi (50-50). She ...
Bluff to Stewart Island
... island lies off the coast of the South Island. This morning we take a one-hour catamaran boat ride across the Foveaux Strait to Stewart Island. We're staying in the small town on Halfmoon Bay at the South Seas Hotel. The rest of the island is a natural ...
A Trip with the Guys: Deep Sea off Stewart Island
... I would never be asked again, said yes. Soon after arriving, I learned that the trip was to Stewart Island, a remote island off the southern coast of New Zealand's South Island. To give you an idea of the remoteness – the next land mass ...
Travel plans for the next 2 to 3 weeks
... of the lesser-known tracks to another sound. I'll try to find some internet in Te Anau or Invercargill after our Stewart's Island trip, but I'm not making any promises. However we do have to visit a backpackers or visitor center to pick up another ...
Downtime on Stewart Island
... two more that night – another female, and a young male. They’re quite rare to see – and while the Stewart Island kiwis apparently differ from the mainland kiwi, they’re all pretty timid and therefore rare to sight. There are ...
Wild is for wildlife
... island is a National Park, and having been told by a girl who has spent her whole four months here tramping that the Stuart Island track drove her slowly insane, we thought better of it. Wading thigh high through mud with ten days' worth of food on your ...
The Third Island
... nbsp; Felt better than rocking around on the inside- and we saw an albatross! Stuart Island is the small 'third’ island of New Zealand. Known for its remoteness, fishing and bird life. The main township, Oban, is where you find ...
Stewart Island
... on a slighly overcast day after stopping to give the car some more juice and before we knew it we were on board the Stewart Island Experience speeding at 23 knots towards Nz's third largest Island after the two big ones. The ride over took about an ...
Codfish Paradise in a cold climate
... on time. Put clean clothes on. Had our gear checked and our boots cleaned before catching the helicopter to Codfish Island. What a place, rugged, windswept, wet and very,very beautiful. Dumped our gear in the bunkhouse and shown facilities (very ...
Es ist wieder mal ein bisschen was passiert =)
... ich musste vorher erstmal aus dem Auto in den Rucksack umziehen, weil ich das Auto nicht mitnehmen konnte auf die Insel. Auf Stewart Island, wo wirklich überhaupt nichts los ist, bin ich erstmal zum DOC gegangen, dass ist so ein Visitor Centre in jeder ...
The Stewart Island Experience
... , and the four of us watched seagull bullies and attempted to finish all our food, to no avail. Stewart Island was definitely my favorite location in New Zealand so far. While we didn't exactly rought it (see fish and chips dinner Saturday night), the ...
Hunting for Kiwi's and the legend that is Kai Kart
... of Albatross following the fishing boats out to sea. We also got some great views of Tui, Kereru, Silvereye and our first Rifleman (New Zealand’s smallest bird) along the way. At the end there were some nice view over the cliffs where we could look ...
How can you fly when you are taller than the plane
... each other for about a week!), we decided that we would abide by everyone's suggestion and promptly booked ourselves a flight over to Stewart Island deciding to forgo the excitement of the Stewart Island Ferry. A ferry service that is known for its rough ...