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Queenstown - revisited
Vi stod op til blå himmel og udsigt til sneklædte bjerge! Hvor heldig kan man være i et område hvor det regner op til 1500 mm om året – 3 gange så meget som i Danmark? Vi startede med at gå til et ”look out” og så Franz Josef gletcheren på afstand. Der var forklarende plancher med illustration af hvor meget gletcheren havde …
Doubtful Sound to Invecargill
... we stood still thank heavens for insect repellent.
At 12.30 we loaded up the car driving on minor roads to join highway 99 on to Invercagill, very scenic but windy. Booked into our Top Ten chalet which looked brand new and luxurious. We unpacked, rested then went to explore Queens Park full of interesting plants, farm animals and birds. We went to Little Indian restaurant where the meal was great, later purchased some provisions and returned to chalet to pack for next ...
Inver-snore-ville
... from the last guests and we noticed there wasn’t even a lock on the bedroom door. Immediately we weren’t too keen – especially worrier Becky – but the bus was waiting to pick us back up so we dumped our backpacks and went in search of penguins. The afternoon was amazing, we drove down to one of the Catlins beaches and came within feet of penguins. They are so cute! We spent a while down there ...
Bluff, Invercargill And The Catlins
... nightfall. As I left Balclutha, two police cars and an ambulance raced past me, only to see them again 15mins later with an overturned car in a ditch! I drove carefully in all this snow, that's for sure!
I finally arrived in Dunedin late in the afternoon on Tuesday (yesterday) to begin what is now 4 nights here. I have booked a couple of excursions which I will tell you about in a few days.
Nevertheless, it's really, really cold and windy here!
See you soon!!
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The Silence of the Lambs
... to by every guy down here. I went with Gary and a few other guys to a pond owned by a guy called Andy who also works for Alliance. There's a small hut at the edge of the pond to shoot from and we arrived before dawn to begin at 7am. I must have brought a bit of luck with me because I managed to get one having never even fired a gun before yesterday and Gary got 2 when he'd been for the previous 3 years and not managed to get any, ...
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