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- Dag 11
- tirsdag 11. mars 2025 09:27
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Høyde: 31 m
New ZealandNorth East Valley45°50’53” S 170°31’57” E
Baldwin Street
11. mars, 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 ofLes mer
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- Dag 11
- tirsdag 11. mars 2025 12:28
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Høyde: 295 m
- New ZealandLarnach Castle45°51’42” S 170°37’37” E
Larnach Castle
11. mars, 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 thatLes mer
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- Dag 11
- tirsdag 11. mars 2025 12:40
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Høyde: 294 m
- New ZealandLarnach Castle45°51’41” S 170°37’37” E
Castle gardens and view
11. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A few more pictures of the house and grounds.
ReisendeHello 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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- tirsdag 11. mars 2025 13:31
- 🌧 16 °C
- Høyde: 8 m
- New ZealandReids Beach45°47’35” S 170°44’30” E
Penguins and Seals at Natures Wonders
11. mars, 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 beenLes mer
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- Dag 11
- tirsdag 11. mars 2025 15:30
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Høyde: Sjønivå
- New ZealandTaiaroa Head45°46’15” S 170°43’51” E
Albatross Express
11. mars, 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 getLes mer
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- Dag 12
- onsdag 12. mars 2025 08:25
- 🌧 11 °C
- Høyde: 10 m
- New ZealandMoeraki Boulders/Kaihinaki45°20’46” S 170°49’37” E
Moeraki Boulders
12. mars, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Rocks on the beach in the rain.
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- Dag 12
- onsdag 12. mars 2025 10:26
- 🌧 10 °C
- Høyde: 109 m
- New ZealandBortons44°52’38” S 170°45’27” E
Ōamaru
12. mars, 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 peopleLes mer
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- Dag 12
- onsdag 12. mars 2025 15:02
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Høyde: 712 m
- New ZealandCowans Hill44°0’9” S 170°28’56” E
Mount Cook (Aoraki) Village
12. mars, 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 andLes mer
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- Dag 13
- torsdag 13. mars 2025 09:35
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Høyde: 709 m
- New ZealandMackenzie District43°54’33” S 170°30’37” E
Scenic Flight to Mount Cook Aoraki
13. mars, 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 groupsLes mer
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- Dag 13
- torsdag 13. mars 2025 11:07
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Høyde: 833 m
- New ZealandWeka Creek43°37’39” S 170°29’36” E
More pics of Scenic Flight
13. mars, 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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- torsdag 13. mars 2025 11:10
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Høyde: 8 m
CanadaVancouver International Airport49°11’44” N 123°11’9” W
And more pics
13. mars, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
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- Dag 14
- fredag 14. mars 2025 14:53
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Høyde: 107 m
- New ZealandTimaru District44°3’45” S 171°21’35” E
Last day in Christchurch
14. mars, 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 toLes mer
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- Dag 14
- fredag 14. mars 2025 17:53
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Høyde: 49 m
- New ZealandChristchurch43°29’13” S 172°32’27” E
Airbus 380
14. mars, 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 theLes mer
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- Dag 15
- lørdag 15. mars 2025 12:27
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Høyde: 8 m
AustraliaCurtin Reserve33°55’59” S 151°10’48” E
On our way home
15. mars, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
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- Dag 15
- lørdag 15. mars 2025 23:54
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Høyde: 32 m
- New ZealandChristchurch International Airport43°29’15” S 172°32’20” E
Last thoughts
15. mars, 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. TheLes mer
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