Shearwater Stewart Island

... sailor on a rough day and I can certainly believe it as it was quite an adventure on what was a relatively calm crossing. Stewart Island is mostly uninhabited and those who do live there are mainly based in the ferry port of Oban, which is characterised ...

... if the opportunity arises, and spent the evening at the hostel so that we're up bright and early for our trip to Stewart Island tomorrow. Thursday 20th March This morning we woke up to the smell of freshly baked bread courtesy of the hostel.  ...

... on solid ground in Oban (the only town on the island) we walked all the way across town (about 500 meters) to Stewart Island Backpackers where the hostess seemed annoyed that we had even showed up. After getting settled in our room we packed ourselves a ...

... birds - we saw just about every bird listed to exist on the island and the air was full of birdsong - delightful. Only one night on Stewart Island so up at 5am to go for a walk along the coast to Golden Bay, which was beautiful, then back on the 8am ...

I'm here. Stewart Island. The very South. Oban, the village, is tiny. Everyone knows everyone. The hostel just got new owners. A friendly young couple. It's great, but cold. I tend to forget that we are quite close to the Antarctica here. The major part ...

Wish I could have stayed for longer on the island there are so many lovely bays to explore and walks with all the birds milling overhead. here's some more ...

... to disaster by the depth (max. 54m) monitor in the lounge.  The crossing itself was fine.  One booked into Stewart Island Backpackers Fabian, Ammar and myself walked out via Fuchsia Walk, Rarou Walk, Watercress Bay, Golden Bay, Deep Bay, across ...

I was a bit apprehensive of the ferry crossing to Stewart Island after meeting people who said it was a really rough one hour crossing. It turned out to be ok as the sea was very calm, I slept most the way. We arrived in Halfmoon Bay at tea-time and ...

... doing it. They told us there was a cruise ship arriving tomorrow so we considered leaving early instead of having 2 nights on Stewart Island. The kiwi-spotting was excellent, with fantastic guids and 4 kiwi spotted. It was amazing to see them doing their ...

... ride but I managed to no get sick by staring straight out the window at the horizon for the entire hour. But once I got to Stewart Island I felt a lot better despite the cold and rain - I had made it through the ride, it was beautiful and nothing like ...

   Half the group then got an early boat over to Stewart Island which of cause was very ruff leading to some very unwanted sea sickness for me surprise surprise. After dumping all of our things in the backpackers we then decided to do ...

I book a standby flight to Stewart Island for 4pm. That's cheaper than the bus and ferry together. The Invercargil museum is as interesting as Te Papa in Wellington. Just much much smaller. I look at live lizards of a specie which died out millions of ...

... to North... She wouldn't mind spending the rest of the days in Queenstown, relaxing, but I have done just that downhere on Stewart Island... The situation is stuck. We decide to simply meet in Queenstown to celebrate her birthday on the 20th and see from ...

I'm famous! A German girl, I met, is travelling in a small group from Stray Bus and they had asked upon check in, whether there were many other guest around. The answer of the owner with his slight French accent was something like: 'no, except ...

... to Stewart Island $198 South Sea Hotel 2 nights $152 South Sea Hotel Dinner $62 Kiwi Spotting - $202 Parking while on Stewart Island - $12 Supermaket Invercargill - $62 Accom in Portabello $27 Accom in Moeraki $20 Fuel in Timaru - $67 Antarctic Exhibit ...

... too! Variable Oyster Catcher California Quail White-Faced Heron New Zealand Falcon Gold Finch Yellowhammer Caspian Tern Stewart Island Shag Black-Billed Gull Red-Billed Gull Royal Northern Albatross Royal Spoonbill Black-Backed Gull King ...