Baldwin Street
11 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 ofЧитать далее
Larnach Castle
11 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 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 thatЧитать далее
Castle gardens and view
11 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A few more pictures of the house and grounds.
ПутешественникHello 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
Penguins and Seals at Natures Wonders
11 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ 🌧 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 beenЧитать далее
Albatross Express
11 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 getЧитать далее
Moeraki Boulders
12 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Rocks on the beach in the rain.
Ōamaru
12 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ 🌧 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 peopleЧитать далее
Mount Cook (Aoraki) Village
12 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 andЧитать далее
Scenic Flight to Mount Cook Aoraki
13 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 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 groupsЧитать далее
More pics of Scenic Flight
13 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 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.
And more pics
13 марта 2025 г., Канада ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Last day in Christchurch
14 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 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 toЧитать далее
Airbus 380
14 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 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 theЧитать далее
On our way home
15 марта 2025 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Last thoughts
15 марта 2025 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 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. TheЧитать далее
ПутешественникWas fun to follow you guys on your trip, safe travels home!
ПутешественникWe really enjoyed following you. What a fantastic trip yo made! See you on next journey 😎
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