Mercure Dunedin

... 8217;t get the camera working and Dad’s head torch in the right place to capture anymore than three fleeing figures in the dark! Oh we were in good spirits after that though. The penguin mission complete we headed back up the sandbank to our house and just as Dad was leading the way with the light a small figure waddled along the path directly in front of him. This little guy did not seem in the least bit interested in fleeing and far more interested in Dad so ...

... in Dunedin. The weather showed no sign of letting up in the morning, rain bouncing off the roof of the van all through the night. Luckily, our morning plans at least were indoor ones - a much-anticipated visit to the Cadburys factory! We'd sampled a few bars of Cadburys since we'd arrived in New Zealand, tempted by the novelty of all the many different varieties that are available - in fact there's a whole 'desserts' range of chocolate filled with things like ...

... it was a saturday so it was closed, but we did get to see the big chocolate fountain and some freebies! I was their purely checking out the potential competition and not for the freebies!! We didnt have much time in Dunedin so the next thing to do in a town you dont have a lot of time in is.... sit in a dark room and hide from the city! Yes we went to the cinema! We're cant be 'travelling' all the time, we need some down time, to chill out!!

... s bad foot, she could only take photos and limp down slowly. The beach is very remote, and just a few people make their way there, to see seals and penguins in the wild. We made it to the penguin area, but due to restrictions, we had to go into a "hide" to watch them from afar. The hideout is pretty neat - a shack, with slits to view the beach - you can see them, but they cannot see you. We were ...

... me should I ever be pulled over for anything more serious than driving in a bit of a rubbish manner, which is all that's ever happened so far, because they'd have me admitting to importing kilos of heroin every week within a minute. Anyway, after some frantic babbling about dealing with Auckland, I realised the piece of paper she was waving at me and calling a contract had a twin nestled in my bag - it in no way, shape or form resembles any contract I have ever ...

... the falls are about as small as they come. I went into the local gallery-cafe for a coffee and was talked into whitebait fritters for lunch. They were fine, and indeed were whitebait fritters; just not what I expected! Cathedral Caves turned out to be closed: "Sea to rough to get to caves" [sic]. I visited the estuary of the Tautuka instead. The Purakaunui Falls were next, and as I had practised by visiting a couple of other waterfalls en ...

... en el camping, dio un golpecito a la caravana de atras y la rompio un faro. Me imagino a la apacible familia neozelandesa, durmiendo ya a las 23h., pensando en que habia un terremoto! y, como son tan civilizados, al dia siguiente un simpatico policia me desperto para dar el parte alli, en medio del camping, en pijama, y sin haberme quitado las leganas! pero no es alarmante. Por lo visto, es el procedimiento normal. Y es que, en un pais tan civilizado y sin ...

I took the bus from Christchurch to Dunedin on Thursday.  I got there in the evening, so there wasn't much to do that day.  On Friday I walked around the town for a bit.  There's a Cadbury factory, but I ended up just taking pictures from the outside.  I didn't really have time for a tour, and they wanted to charge a fee just to look around their chocolate displays and shop in their gift shop.  Fortunately, the grocery store across the street sold plenty :) I went on a wildlife ...

Deze eerste autorit alleen bracht mij naar Dunedin. Heerlijk om alleen in de auto te zitten, maar op een gegeven moment ook wel wat saai. Maar ach, ik heb mijn muziek, lang leve mijn kaus om toch gewoon met een walkman en cassettebandjes op pad te gaan, terwijl iedereen zijn I-pod flasht.<br><br>In Dunedin kwam ik laat aan, doordat ik in Queenstown een tijdje was blijven luieren. Maar de stad even in geweest en zo eens wat gebouwen bekeken, een beetje verdwaald en toen de weg ...