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Wednesday 19th March Today has been fairly uneventful - we drove from Te Anau to Invercargill where we're staying at a cute little hostel called the Kackling Kea. We spent the afternoon sorting out our applications for tax numbers so that we can take paid work if the opportunity arises, and spent the evening at the hostel so that we're up bright …
Safe & Sound
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that I'm safe, there have been quite a few emails but I've not had access to email for 2 weeks. I was on Stewart island hiking the Northwest circuit track when the earthquake in Christchurch happened. We were about 5 days into the hike when we heard the sad news. My heart goes out to all of those …
I Wish I Had My Uggs
The past couple days here have been a little rough. But going back to last Sunday when things were better, and warmer. Sunday afternoon I went to the park and caught up on my journal, read, and walked around. Monday I had a great day - I took the Gondola up the mountain and then took a chairlift up to the luge track.
Tuesday morning I …
Long Way From Home
Off to Stewart Island, N.Z.'s newest National Park. On the drive to the port we saw trees that are bent by the winds coming onshore across the hills, which reminded me of the tree on the top of Exmoor (occasionally used in car adverts etc.). The drive in continues through the buzzing metropolis of Invercargill, N.Z.'s southern most city and where …
Kiwis
We got up bright and early so we could get to Bluff to catch the ferry. The crossing was quite calm, although had a good open ocean swell happening.
We got to Stewart Island and booked into our room - very basic and kinda old, but we didn't expect much for $55. We had to be back at the wharf at 12 for the Patterson Inlet cruise, so had …
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