Kingsgate Dunedin

... for being the only place albatross nest on the mainland but unfortunately we were told that you can’t see them during October as they stay in their nests. In any case our great penguin hunt had begun and we zoomed along the beautiful road out of Dunedin with the sea on one side and the cliffs on another admiring the views…until we realized we’d gone the wrong way for the penguin beach! Tragically it was prime time for spotting them and we were ...

... and tugging it through the heavy water as it tumbled around in the waves and sand and untangling the resultant mess of string for half an hour with frozen hands, I concluded that flying a kite should only be done on a sunny, windy day, with a friend, not near the water. Nonetheless, my knot held and I still have hope for kite flying in the future. <br><br>Mountain Biking<br>Contrary to the title of the entry, I did go mountain biking for 6 hours on ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... rastros de pinguins (mas nenhuns pinguins), ainda queriamos ver mais algumas coisas na península e em Dunedin, mas entretanto o tempo piorou e choveu bastante, por isso decidímos seguir viagem em direcção às Catlins, no Sul da ilha. CZ: Nas prvni den v oblasti Otago jsme stravili koukanim na ruzne skaly. :-) Vydali jsme se udolim Waitaki Valley a v Duntroonu jsme sjeli z hlavni silnice navstivit Elephant Rocks (Sloni skaly). Na louce se tu povaluje nekolik desitek ...

On the way from Tekapo to Dunedin the sun went in and it was time for jumpers. Called in at at Oamaru which was old shipping centre with same really fine limestone buildings and old warehouses that had been renovated and turned into premises for artisan workers. very interesting limestone carver. Oamaru is well worth a visit. From there on to Dunedin stopping at ...

... showing you pictures of these awesome sculptures rather than describing them, except, oh yes - the Dunedin Art Gallery doesn't allow you to take bloody pictures. Not even with the flash off! They take your fricking bag off you before you go in to make sure you don't smuggle a camera in!! *******s. Fair enough if we are dealing with a ton of old oil paintings or something, but come on, they could just say no flash photography, it'd be fine - it's not ...

... 60 Jahren!). Leider darf man von September bis November nicht an die Kolonie (weil die Voegel zur Kolonie zurueckkehren und Nester bauen), also konnte man sie nur in der Luft beobachten, zum Glueck wehte eine Brise, denn nur dann macht es den Albatrossen Spass zu fliegen:-) Auf Land sind sie nicht ganz so majestaetisch, da watscheln sie ganz schoen. Das Wetter war ziemlich abwechslungsreich, es war Regen angesagt, aber ich habe mir am Morgen Larnach Castle angeschaut ...

We finally managed to leave queenstown, just about actually. Due to the heavy goodbye session the night before we nearly missed the bus. We scampered out of the hostel 10mins late and managed to catch the bus as it was leaving town. The bus ride consisted of trying to sleep and sober up. After a quick breakfast stop I felt alot ...

... when we got there it was too late to do anything. The next day we learnt that there were a few interesting things to do. We went to the NZ Cadbury's factory, which btw is a far better tour than the one in Birmingham, as you get loads of free samples and the tour is more focused on how they make the individual bars than the history of Cadbury (that you get in England). After the tour we went to the ...