Blue Seas Motel Kaikoura
222 Esplanade Kaikoura, Christchurch-Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
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Whales, Seals, Dolphins, Op shops and a Party!
On tours like this you hope that there will be 'best-yet' life experiences and today has been full of them.
After leaving Blenhiem we drove south along the oceanic highway towards Kaikoura. If there is a more beautiful day this year, I would pay to see it. The ocean was at its calm, beautiful best, there has not been a cloud in the sky and …
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Christmas and NY in Sydney
... were up early to catch the ferry to Taronga zoo where we watched some very impressive seals doing huge flips out of the water. We spotted some very cute baby penguins and a sleepy koala bear. We even saw some of Skippy's friends bouncing around the zoo. As we were leaving we took the skyline back to the ferry and saw an amazing view of the city stretched out in front of us.
We got a ferry back to the city and another one out to Manly, one of ...
Dusky's at Dawn!
... to see one more before heading back, where we had dolphins swimming back with us at the side of the boat!
The following morning we were up at 5:00am to get ready to swim with dusky dolphins! I think we were both twice more excited to do this than the whale watching but also a bit nervous to be jumping in the freezing cold sea! After getting kitted out in thick wetsuits, we boarded the boat to search for pods of dolphins. ...
Big Green Bus
... sat for a good hour. I was joined briefly by a very fearless bird, which happily settled down on the bench next to me, and hopped around my feet, expectantly looking for food. I whipped out a museli bar and crumbled some up. It went for the berries. Before long, a lawnmower appeared and started scattering green flecks of hayfever death into my personal space, so I moved on and took some pretty pictures of some of the features. I dragged my ...
Suddenly it was very apparent that we should leave
... sometime in the past. Now I have nothing against the digitally-challenged (the man who taught me to dive in Durban was parted from both of his legs by a high-speed train as a youth); I was merely concerned as to the ferocity of the fish I was about to catch.
Apparently, that was the least of my worries. We joined the rest of the fishing party - another tourist, Elton (not John) and two of Nick's friends who were taking a break from their day job ...



