Brothers Dunedin

... movie the kite runner is used to represent the man searching for his son (the lost kite). And I guess we are all kite runners in a sense. Anyways...I biked to the beach with my new kite, unopened and eager to be born. The wind was not as strong as the first day and I was a bit skeptical about the success of the flight but I continued with the assembly anyway. To be short, the actual flying was an utter failure and, after crashing the kite into the ...

... the bay was spectacular and rugged. It changed from grassy hills to rocky cliffs and awesome rock formations including an arch way and wavily weathered sandstone. We also clambered down a staircase in the tunnel which lead us to the rocky beach where we had another good clamber. Finally we worked our way back up and took photos of each other at the top of one of the formations. Walking back up the hill was hard work, but we ...

... en classe de physique et nous etions assis ensemble, je n'arretais pas de lui casser les oreilles avec la Garde cotiere et il m'a revu des annees plus trad a l'emission Decouverte. Ils sont en voyage en voilier autour du monde, partis depuis deux ans et demi deja avec le meme temps a faire dans le voyage. On placotte, on placotte et finalement on decide de souper ensemble le soir. Je profite de la journee pour aller visiter la ...

... to Oban. A lovely place to eat on Stewart Island is Kai Kart - a kind of big caravan, that offers takeaway one end and a dine-in service (couple of benches) at the other, and does fabulous blue cod & chips + green-lipped mussels - delicious! Back on the mainland, we treated ourselves (or more accurately, Esther put her foot down) and spent the night in a motel suite in Invercargill. Lovely shower, bed and kitchenette - perfect!!!

... the choice). Bloody satnav's battery died again after about an hour. At first, I was in the horrors, thinking wild thoughts about turning back to Christchurch but not having the first idea how to get there. Then I was thinking even wilder thoughts about find another petrol station and purchasing a map of the South Island, but no petrol stations were forthcoming. Finally, after some jiggery pokery with the plug and switching it off and on a couple of times ("IT ...

... had some live music, then onto a very odd nightclub. The coolest music, the stickiest floor, the most bizarre laser show downstairs, it was memorable! Surprisingly, we all felt fairly fresh the next day, and fortified with a trendy brunch, we headed off to do some shopping. Mainly halloween costume and decoration bits and pieces were purchased, soon it all became too much and we retired to a bar for afternoon cocktails! Strangely, after mocking Dunedin's "city" status ...

... and arrived the same time as Graeme (Volunteer who looks after the penguins welfare) who was able to give us loads of useful info on the penguins and the sea lions on the beach. We left the beach after watching the penguins and sea lions for an hour and headed straight for our evening tour of Speights Brewery. During the tour we were informed on how James Speight started the company and of course how they make the beer. We were then ...

... the beach and saw a couple hanging out there, as well.  There was a little observation blind where we watched a couple penguins come up out of the water, walk up the beach, and hop up into the grassy area above the beach (to get out of the way of the sea lions, apparently).  I got some really good pictures and some movies, too.  On our way back along the beach a couple of penguins started coming up from the water right in front of us!  Our guide told us to stand still and just ...

... and came across a few tiny huts that the small blue penguins sometimes use. Luckily enough a few of these 20cm high penguins were making a nest in one of the boxes, very cute and cool. Not so cute though when I got a little to close to take a picture! We carried on out path when our tour guide happened to spot a few of the yellow eyed penguins. Some of them are malting their feathers at this time of year so are unable to ...