Hyland House Dunedin

... to how they got there - great fun to play on though whatever their story is. On the way back to the car we were walking down the deserted beach discussing our luck at having it all to ourselves when up ahead a seal waddled out of the water to have a sunbathe right in front of us! Camera’s at the ready we all went into wildlife documentary mode and made a model of our new friend who seemed quite willing to pose and indulge us for as long as we wanted. Eventually we ...

... The Kite Runner. Now there isn't always a runner (someone who runs after the kite when the string breaks) and, for that matter, there isn't always the necessity of a runner because, at least in my experience, people usually don't have these kite battles (maybe it is different in Afghanistan; actually I met a girl from Afghanistan the other night so maybe I will just ask her) where the string is intentionally severed by an enemy kite. But I guess in ...

... on the beach). About 10 minutes down the sandy beach there are a collection of huge perfectly spherical boulders plonked along the water line - so we had a good climb on those. There was no sign of where they came from - early speculation was of volcanic laval ball bearings or ginormous malteasers. We then headed back into Barney and set off towards the Otago Peninsular (to the East of Dunedin city). We arrived shortly before ...

... certain qu'ils n'auraient pas ete trop selectif sur la personne qui recoit la baffe, et ils sont grands les Kiwis. Et je m'informe aussi de la limite d'alcool au volant et personne n'est en mesure de me repondre, hein? On me dit "A couple beer per hour" c'est precis ca comme reponse... (On m'a dit de maniere officieuse plus tard dans le voyage que c'est 0,12, quoi??? Il faut que je verifie ca aupres d'un policier). Un peu d'Internet ...

... de ir dar um passeio, por isso fomos fazer uma caminhada na praia Allans Beach e vimos alguns leões marinhos (pela primeira vez) e focas, e de seguida fomos até Taiaroa Head, no extremo norte da península, para visitarmos o Royal Albatross Centre e, é claro, vermos alguns albatrozes. Quando descobrimos que para vermos os albatrozes de perto tinhamos que pagar por uma visita guiada cara, contentamo-nos em vê-los de longe (afinal de contas são uns grandes passarões, certo ...

... to see the albatrose, we were so early they did not start the tours until 2 hours later & we could not wait so we watched a video of the 60year old albatrose which comes back every year it was narreated by david attenborough, they have the same mate for life, but they think something must have happened to her original mate as he never returned, so she now mates a 30year old. we drove onto palmerston hoping we could drive through the dansey ...

... by an artist called Michele Beevors, called Debbie Does Disney. It was essentially this twisted look at the way Disney is ostensibly all about innocence and childhood, when it is of course a massive corporation, and involves a lot of cynical marketing tools. My favourites had to be "Love, American Style", which featured John Smith standing holding a rifle with an ear of corn poking out of the end while a bleeding Pocahontas lies dying at his feet ...

Kia Ora, von Oamaru ging es weiter nach Dunedin, der groessten Stadt im Sueden. Vor Dunedin liegt die Otago Halbinsel, ein Wildlife Paradies. Nirgendwo sonst auf der Erde gibt es eine Albatrosskolonie so nah an besiedelten Gebieten, an der Spitze der Otago Halbinsel gibt es eine Royal Albatross Kolonie, die groessten Albatrosse mit 3,30m Spannweite. Nach der Geburt braucht ein Albatross ein Jahr Fuersorge seiner Eltern (beide Eltern sind noetig um genuegend Futter zu bringen ...

... pludselig stod ud af mig, men jeg har Hare Krsna under kraftig mistanke. De serverer dagligt mad på skolen og her er det altså ikke hygiejnen der er i højsædet. Nå men jeg er heldigvis rask igen - det er helt ufatteligt hvor glad man kan blive for fast og sammenhængende afføring! Jeg har lagt et par billeder fra en Bad Taste fest jeg var til (i en ...

... Race, in which people run up and down it. Honestly, there are sections of it where you'd be forgiven for crawling, so running (in either direction) takes a special breed of nutter. For the last six years, there has been an annual competition in which Jaffa Cakes are rolled down the street. Participants sponsor individual cakes; prizes are awarded to the winner and the funds raised (from the sponsorship of over 10,000 Jaffa Cakes) go to charity. Nice. We elected not to take Lucy up it.