Oamaru, South Island, New Zealand

... and the hordes of tourists took away some of their mystique.   After coffee to warm us up, we wet north to Oamaru for lunch at the wonderful cheese factory by the sea, then turned west towards Mount Cook National Park. We visited the Maori rock ...

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... too. I found a place to call home for the night. I walked around town and had a beer by myself in an antique bar at Oamaru's "historic district". Bitter. The beer, not me. I was sour. Both (and only) pairs of pants that I own ripped today due to ware ...

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... the $15 to see the blue ones (and you weren't allowed to take photographs/videos). We've certainly noticed that New Zealand is expensive (though probably not as pricey as Australia). Probably just trying to keep the economy afloat with tourist dollars. ...

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On our way south to Dunedin, we decided to stop in Oamaru for a night because there are a couple of penguin colonies in the area. We were told by the hostel manager that we arrived just in time to see the penguins coming back onto the beach for the night, ...

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