Split Level Hostel Dunedin

... it would have been impossible to rival the beauty of this spot, jagged rocks with turquoise waves smashing against them in the dusky light and perfectly white sand turning more and more golden as the sun came down. We all just felt so lucky to be there. After a good long while of taking photos of the sealions (and repeatedly warning Dad to not keep getting closer after Steve got chased off and had to leave his shoes behind) we remembered the penguin hunt we were on. The ...

... Myself, Kevin and Kyle (also from the US) rented some very nice bikes for NZD 35 for the day from a bike shop downtown called cycle surgery. We started at 930 with no real idea of what was in store for us and, after about 10 minutes, we had to rest. It was 1.5 hours all uphill (no joke) before we were even at the official mountain biking trail. Thoroughly wiped out before even getting on the trail, we decided that next time we will have to ...

... they call Clive) and he was about 18 months old so his eyes were nice and yellow (they only turn yellow at about twelve months). We then headed down to the hide to see if we could see any heading out of the water to come home to bed for the night, but we were a bit too early so we had to call it a day. We then drove to a town called Balclutha where we made butternut squash and sweetpotato soup for dinner. Love to everybody at home xxxx

... du camping au dejeuner le lendemain, j'entend parler quebecois a la table voisine. Je les salue, c'est un petite famille de trois. je me presente, Stephane, eux c'est Martin le papa, Dany la maman et Catherine l'ado. Martin me regarde d'un drole d'air et me demande mon nom de famille. Je m'execute et il me demande aussitot si c'est moi le capitaine du brise-glace qui fait de la recherche dans le nord.... Martin etait avec moi au ...

... hot driving the tar on the roads was melting causing all the gravel to lift, lucky the hire car is so battered it made no difference. Dunedin was good and while there Mac went under the needle again, he will do anything to get out of giving blood. Mac : O ) On the way to Dunedin we stopped at Moreaki to see the boulders...awsome. 400 million years in the making and the sea errosion is un earthing more of them ...

... styles of painting and drawing, and a lot of different materials, though chiefly watercolours and oils, but all her work was really fascinating. She died of cancer in the 70s, but it's the 100 year anniversary of her birth, apparently, so they've done an exhibition of over 130 of her pieces. Really excellent. Should you find yourself in downtown Dunedin, I highly recommend it. Anyway, as I say, was planning on heading out to Hooper's Beach this ...

... auf der Halbinsel gelegen, da war schoenstes Wetter. Im Schloss leider Fotoverbot, es war zwischenzeitlich ziemlich heruntergekommen (wurde als Schafstall genutzt!), aber in den 60er Jahren fuer 80NZD verkauft und schoen wieder hergerichtet, auch die alten Einrichtungsgegenstaende im Laufe der Zeit wieder ersteigert (der Erbauer hatte einen Katalog angelegt). Am Nachmittag auf der Wildlife Tour sind dann Wolken aufgezogen und es kam ein Wind auf, der dann schliesslich zum ...

... Mark went on a beer run, which turned out to be a death march! We were told there was a shop just around the corner, it turned out to be an hour round trip! It was horrible. So that night was spent in the hostel getting to no every from the bus. The next morning it was up early and onto the bus! We were headed for lake Takepo!

... for only $14. After this we went and got some food and then called it a night. Before we set off again for Oamaru we went to teh Worlds Steepest Street - Baldwin Street which we walked up because we didnt think our little car would make it! After that Dave got himself the T-shirt to prove it and we then set off for Oamaru. We go to Oamaru that night and we saw the only tourist thing in the whole ...