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- Day 11
- Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
New ZealandNorth East Valley45°50’53” S 170°31’57” E
Baldwin Street
March 11 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Baldwin street is promoted as the steepest residential street in the world. It is steep, and those able to walk up the street did so. One in our group had a delivery to make to a house at the top ofRead more
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- Day 11
- Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 295 m
- New ZealandLarnach Castle45°51’42” S 170°37’37” E
Larnach Castle
March 11 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
This castle (big house) was completed in the late 1800s. The landscaping started when the house was finished and it is much nicer now that the trees have grown. We had a guided tour of the place thatRead more
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- Day 11
- Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 294 m
- New ZealandLarnach Castle45°51’41” S 170°37’37” E
Castle gardens and view
March 11 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A few more pictures of the house and grounds.
TravelerHello Dianne and Tom, I was finally able to get back in to your findpenguins.com account - and have had a great deal of fun looking at your photos and journal accounts of Australia and New Zealand. It has been a fabulous and very intensive tour you have been on. Very few will have seen as much of Australia and New Zealand as you have! I especially liked the photos from Queensland and Sydney. And of course, I have always thought that New Zealand is a mini-Canada with warmer weather in the north and more vegetation. We especially liked the Queenstown and Milford Sound area and Christchurch on the South Island and .... Rotorua and Waitomo Glowworm Caves on the North Island. Enjoy the rest of your travels. See you in April. We had a lovely lunch yesterday - but missed you. Today I saw Jan- she has very sore legs but is hopeful that this treatment will help the calcium deposits in the tendons of her legs. Brad and I fly to Brisbane on Monday. We are very excited to see our friends - 2 who are also celebrating birthdays - and experience Queensland and Straddie Island. Fondly, Anni
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- Day 11
- Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- New ZealandReids Beach45°47’35” S 170°44’30” E
Penguins and Seals at Natures Wonders
March 11 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
An opportunity to visit a private wildlife sanctuary is part of our tour. According to the owner, this place is very special. You are guaranteed to see wild seals and penguins. The property has beenRead more
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- Day 11
- Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- New ZealandTaiaroa Head45°46’15” S 170°43’51” E
Albatross Express
March 11 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
It is a stormy aboard the Albatross Express. Getting pictures of the birds and dolphins proved challenging because it was rough and hard to focus. If you take enough pictures, you are bound to getRead more
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- Day 12
- Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
- 🌧 11 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- New ZealandMoeraki Boulders/Kaihinaki45°20’46” S 170°49’37” E
Moeraki Boulders
March 12 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Rocks on the beach in the rain.
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- Day 12
- Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
- 🌧 10 °C
- Altitude: 109 m
- New ZealandBortons44°52’38” S 170°45’27” E
Ōamaru
March 12 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Wrinkly Ram was our lunch spot, and now that I look at the pictures of Ōamaru, I think the place looks a little creepy. It starts with the big clown face and ends with rough looking ewe. The peopleRead more
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- Day 12
- Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 712 m
- New ZealandCowans Hill44°0’9” S 170°28’56” E
Mount Cook (Aoraki) Village
March 12 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
When we arrived here you couldn’t see much of the surrounding mountains, but as the afternoon and evening wore on the sky became more visible. Lake Tekapo is located in Mount Cook National Park andRead more
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- Day 13
- Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 709 m
- New ZealandMackenzie District43°54’33” S 170°30’37” E
Scenic Flight to Mount Cook Aoraki
March 13 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
This morning we woke to a cloudless sky and unlimited visibility. Good news, as we have a scenic flight planned to Mount Cook and the glaciers nearby. Our larger group is divided into smaller groupsRead more
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- Day 13
- Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 833 m
- New ZealandWeka Creek43°37’39” S 170°29’36” E
More pics of Scenic Flight
March 13 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
The vista in the photographs is Mount Cook and Westland national parks. They are both World Heritage national parks. Mount Cook is 12218 feet.
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- Day 13
- Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
CanadaVancouver International Airport49°11’44” N 123°11’9” W
And more pics
March 13 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
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- Day 14
- Friday, March 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 107 m
- New ZealandTimaru District44°3’45” S 171°21’35” E
Last day in Christchurch
March 14 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
It isn’t immediately evident that Christchurch is still recovering from the 2011 earthquake, because there isn’t any ruins. It has all been carted away and paved over or repaired. The exception toRead more
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- Day 14
- Friday, March 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 49 m
- New ZealandChristchurch43°29’13” S 172°32’27” E
Airbus 380
March 14 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
The day has arrived, time to start for home. We have booked ourselves on Emirates Airbus 380! What a treat, It our first experience on the A380 and it is a nice airplane. We were seated close to theRead more
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- Day 15
- Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
AustraliaCurtin Reserve33°55’59” S 151°10’48” E
On our way home
March 15 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
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- Day 15
- Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 32 m
- New ZealandChristchurch International Airport43°29’15” S 172°32’20” E
Last thoughts
March 15 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
New Zealand was an excellent destination for travel. I heard the expression “New Zealand, the way it used to be!” That seems accurate. The highways are mostly two lanes, one in each direction. TheRead more
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