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We awoke to yet another glorious day and chose to have brunch on the campsite verandah, explore the sights more and watch the tourists, mainly Chinese, Japanese and Korean, fill the two 6 seater helicopters for their 50 mins tour over these magnificent mountains🚁🚁🏔️🏔️🏔️😉🇳🇿 Mount Cook Village, c. 25 km north of Glentanner, is the
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Having had some probs getting a good Wi-Fi connection I am now playing catch up! Saturday 6 Jan Today marked the end of our time in Christchurch as we headed to the airport to both return our hired car and then collect our rented Motorhome for the next 3 weeks. Having taken a lot of
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Today we said Au Revoir to C&M who needed to be at Christchurch Airport for noon. With bags packed, room cleared and enough breakfast consumed to feed an army we duly delivered them and bade them farewell as the prospect of a 14 hour flight to San Francisco now became a reality🛫…and we were left
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Today, being C&M’s last day in NZ, we were determined to make the most of it, especially since we would be in the company of my cousin Gail and her husband Ian😊. With a forecast of fine weather peaking at 24C we decided we should maximize the outdoor activities, but first breakfast at the popular
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At 9am this morning we said farewell to Kaikōura and set our compasses to head for the Kara Tawhiti ( Ta-fee-tee) Conservation Area. This is located in the middle of South Island in the northern part of the Southern Alps. Morven is a passionate rock climber and bouldering exponent so, as a recognised world centre
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After an early start we left our hotel c. 9am for the 130 km drive down the Pacific coast en route to Kaikōura. With this being prime wine growing country, we were soon seeing why, with extensive vineyards on either side of the road, set against a backdrop of lush rolling hills As we got
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With us needing to leave for our crossing to South Island by 7.15 am we said our Au Revoirs to our superb hosts Fiona & Deryk and The Whyte House … but knowing we’d see them again in 4 weeks😎 This sailing can be challenging at times, but conditions were as good as they can
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Today we awoke to some persistent rain, but with the promise it would progressively improve as the day panned out🤞 Before we ventured out it was time to say Au Revoir to Lucy, who was off to meet up with some pals at a music festival 🎶😉 Wellington is famous for it’s Cable Car, so
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Today saw Julie and I revisit Te Papa Tongarewa to view the Natural World exhibition plus the very sobering exhibition, created by Sir Peter Jackson (the NZ film director who directed the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies),of New Zealand’s experience of the The Great War in Gallipoli in WW1. We followed this by
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Today, our 1st full day in Wellington, we awoke to heavy rain and strong winds… something the Capital is also renowned for! Undeterred, we said farewell to Emily & Hamish and we were dropped off at Te Papa Tongarewa, The National Museum of New Zealand. This magnificent museum was initially mobbed so we headed across
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