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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 11 maart 2025 om 09:27
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Hoogte: 31 m
Nieuw-ZeelandNorth East Valley45°50’53” S 170°31’57” E
Baldwin Street
11 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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 ofMeer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 11 maart 2025 om 12:28
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Hoogte: 295 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandLarnach Castle45°51’42” S 170°37’37” E
Larnach Castle
11 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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 thatMeer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 11 maart 2025 om 12:40
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Hoogte: 294 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandLarnach Castle45°51’41” S 170°37’37” E
Castle gardens and view
11 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A few more pictures of the house and grounds.
ReizigerHello 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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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 11 maart 2025 om 13:31
- 🌧 16 °C
- Hoogte: 8 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandReids Beach45°47’35” S 170°44’30” E
Penguins and Seals at Natures Wonders
11 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 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 beenMeer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 11 maart 2025 om 15:30
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Hoogte: Zeeniveau
- Nieuw-ZeelandTaiaroa Head45°46’15” S 170°43’51” E
Albatross Express
11 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 getMeer informatie
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 12 maart 2025 om 08:25
- 🌧 11 °C
- Hoogte: 10 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandMoeraki Boulders/Kaihinaki45°20’46” S 170°49’37” E
Moeraki Boulders
12 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Rocks on the beach in the rain.
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 12 maart 2025 om 10:26
- 🌧 10 °C
- Hoogte: 109 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandBortons44°52’38” S 170°45’27” E
Ōamaru
12 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 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 peopleMeer informatie
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 12 maart 2025 om 15:02
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Hoogte: 712 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandCowans Hill44°0’9” S 170°28’56” E
Mount Cook (Aoraki) Village
12 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 andMeer informatie
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- Dag 13
- donderdag 13 maart 2025 om 09:35
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Hoogte: 709 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandMackenzie District43°54’33” S 170°30’37” E
Scenic Flight to Mount Cook Aoraki
13 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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 groupsMeer informatie
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- Dag 13
- donderdag 13 maart 2025 om 11:07
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Hoogte: 833 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandWeka Creek43°37’39” S 170°29’36” E
More pics of Scenic Flight
13 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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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- Dag 13
- donderdag 13 maart 2025 om 11:10
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Hoogte: 8 m
CanadaVancouver International Airport49°11’44” N 123°11’9” W
And more pics
13 maart, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
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- Dag 14
- vrijdag 14 maart 2025 om 14:53
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 107 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandTimaru District44°3’45” S 171°21’35” E
Last day in Christchurch
14 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 toMeer informatie
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- Dag 14
- vrijdag 14 maart 2025 om 17:53
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Hoogte: 49 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandChristchurch43°29’13” S 172°32’27” E
Airbus 380
14 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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 theMeer informatie
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- Dag 15
- zaterdag 15 maart 2025 om 12:27
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Hoogte: 8 m
AustraliëCurtin Reserve33°55’59” S 151°10’48” E
On our way home
15 maart, Australië ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
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- Dag 15
- zaterdag 15 maart 2025 om 23:54
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Hoogte: 32 m
- Nieuw-ZeelandChristchurch International Airport43°29’15” S 172°32’20” E
Last thoughts
15 maart, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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. TheMeer informatie
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