Mount Lyford Lodge
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Bye Bye Rhiannon
... a big storm coming in and ruining it for everyone, not that I would have done it anyway; been there and done that and all that.
Rob the driver was nice enough to drop us off at the beginning of the cliff top walk and so we had a bit of a wander around the coast and down into the settlement where he picked us up at the other end, which also just happens to be a seal colony. You can get dead close to them because they are ...
The Wonders of Whales and Seals
... br> The waterfall is a large fast-flowing high one with a large pool at the bottom. It was quite dark there which added to the fairy-tale-like atmosphere of dappled light and wet foliage.
That was great on it's own, but the enchantment was fully realised when you see the fur seals there. Truely amazing!! These are pups which swim/climb there way from the road-side colony when their mothers are at sea and just hang out there, either playing in the waterfall ...
Salute to Christchurch and its' people
... schools they attended no more, places of huge personal historical importance gone, the church where parent's were married, gravestones destroyed, graves disturbed..... Where are the people who lived and worked in the city centre, who worshiped in the churches, the students and teachers from the destroyed schools, the elderly who had to move from their care homes? Whole lives turned upside down in 22 seconds and who are still living with the reality of aftershocks, ...
Marine life ahoy!
On the morning we left Mount Cook, we stopped at the Alpine Memorial to all the people who have lost theirs lives in the National Park. It was very sad and thought provoking, and highlighted how dangerous mountaineering is, even today. Some of the plaques were as recent as 2004. Then we said goodbye to the Park, but got delayed on the way by hundreds of sheep crossing the road, and a handsome farmer in shorts (just your type Mum, haha). We really were in New Zealand! I ...
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