Kelvin Invercargill
Corner Kelvin & Esk Streets,, P.O. Box 1064 Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand
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Is this the Southern most city in the World,
A normal drive from Dunedin to Invercargill should take about 2 1/2 hours on SH1, we planned to deviate. The day was a Little overcast our as locals described it, small quantities of liquid sunshine. Getting out of Dunedin is very easy and the motorway to Green Island must rate as the shortest in the world, you are off it before you realize you …
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Heading South for Christmas
... Sounds, starting at Ship Cove, the place where Captain Cook spent more time anchored than anywhere else in New Zealand.
Over Christmas I spent 5 days in Queenstown where it was hot and sunny so I spent quite a bit of time out by the lake. As it is also the "Adrenaline Capital of New Zealand' this was my opportunity to get all of those scary/stupid activities I had planned ticked off my list! So in the space of a couple of days I tried river surfing (bodyboarding ...
On The Road Again...
... didn't really take us that far, so we decided to hitch a little further before going straight to Invercargill.
After another magic thumb moment a woman who saw us in Te Anau picked us up and took us as far as Five Rivers. From there we got a trip straight to the city which is, yet again, lucky on our part! We were dropped off not too far from the hostel Amy had stayed in before so we went ...
I Love Tallulha
... have an honesty box for fees!) looking for the answers. This is compounded by Simon reading the clues. eg. "What is the par for the holes from the Blue trees - and similary Red Trees". So we go in search of eucalyptus trees and redwoods. Anyway we were not having much luck until we stumble across a box containing the score cards with the holes, pars etc on. That's the bit of advice I missed! Then after several minutes ...
Bottom of New Zealand
... look like lizards, but aren’t. The Tuatara is the closest animal related to dinosaurs that is still living. These things live to be over 100 years old too! They look like a cross between an alligator and lizard. We stayed at Tuatara hostel. This place was clean! the sheets were soft and they had more than 2 plug outlets in a 6 bed dorm! ...Funny the things you notice and take for granted. The soft sheets were a luxury from the beaded up overused ones at most hostels.
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