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- Dag 65
- lørdag 8. mars 2025 11:57
- ☁️ 57 °F
- Høyde: 1 368 ft
New ZealandMackenzie District44°3’32” S 170°53’18” E
En route Christchurch to Lake Tekapo
8. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
It's ~3hrs from Christchurch but the drive to Lake Tekapo (pron: TEE ka po) was stunning.
Drive to Mt Cook
9. mars ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
Janet & Simon stayed w/ us last night; & today we all went to find a hike for some views of Aoraki (aka: Mt Cook).
Aoraki is NZ's highest mountain at 3724m & is located within the 700 sq km area of SWLes mer
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- Dag 66
- søndag 9. mars 2025 11:20
- ☀️ 52 °F
- Høyde: 2 887 ft
- New ZealandMackenzie District43°41’21” S 170°6’8” E
Mueller Lake Lookout via Hooker Track
9. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
We chose the (6.8 mi return) Hooker Valley Track; nice trail, no serious vertical & 3 swing bridges that ends at Hooker Lake with Mt Cook in the background.
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- Dag 66
- søndag 9. mars 2025 16:03
- ☀️ 61 °F
- Høyde: 2 648 ft
- New ZealandMackenzie District43°41’45” S 170°10’6” E
Tasman Glacier View Trail
9. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
After finishing the Hooker Valley Trail, we grabbed lunch in the Hermitage Village. We decided we still had a little more 'oomph' left in us, so we went to the Tasman Glacier View Track.
The trailLes mer
Hiked Mount John Walkway
10. mars ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
One more day in the Tekapo area -- one more hike! And this one had an unexpected (solar) surprise!
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- Dag 68
- tirsdag 11. mars 2025 09:05
- ☀️ 54 °F
- Høyde: 1 768 ft
- New ZealandLake Pukaki44°10’58” S 170°9’4” E
Leaving Lake Tekapo
11. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F
A fairly early morning departure, we were rewarded by some amazing views both land and sky.
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- Dag 68
- tirsdag 11. mars 2025 10:32
- ☁️ 55 °F
- Høyde: 1 401 ft
- New ZealandOmarama Stream44°29’10” S 169°58’12” E
Coffee stop
11. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
How can you pass up a place with a name like this?
And the coffee was excellent!!! ☕️
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- Dag 68
- tirsdag 11. mars 2025 11:10
- ☀️ 59 °F
- Høyde: 804 ft
- New ZealandAwakino River44°41’25” S 170°25’28” E
Anyone want to buy a village?
11. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
Full village for sale; NZ$2.9M (~US$1.63M).
Dam
11. mars ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
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- Dag 68
- tirsdag 11. mars 2025 12:16
- ☁️ 66 °F
- Høyde: 686 ft
- New ZealandWaitaki District44°53’38” S 170°39’22” E
Elephant Rocks
11. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
This 'field' was created after the erosion of fossil-rich limestone over millions of years. It's in the middle of practically nowhere -- pretty cool.
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- Dag 68
- tirsdag 11. mars 2025 12:31
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Høyde: 676 ft
- New ZealandWaiareka Creek44°56’8” S 170°40’57” E
Continuing on to Dunedin
11. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
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- Dag 68
- tirsdag 11. mars 2025 14:32
- ☁️ 64 °F
- Høyde: 49 ft
- New ZealandMoeraki Beach45°20’42” S 170°49’34” E
Moeraki Boulders
11. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Train
12. mars ⋅ 🌧 48 °F
Dunedin Railways runs The Taieri Gorge Train Tour from Dunedin to Pukerangi. It's a neat old train that goes through the Taieri Gorge through areas not accessible via car.
Not the same 'wow' as theLes mer
Afternoon post-train
12. mars ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
After the train trip, we still had the bulk of the afternoon ahead. So we hopped in the car & headed out to do a little exploring.
Destination: Otago Peninsula.
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- Dag 70
- torsdag 13. mars 2025 09:47
- ☀️ 48 °F
- Høyde: 121 ft
- New ZealandLovells Flat46°11’28” S 169°47’25” E
Leaving Dunedin; headed to Invercargil
13. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 48 °F
This was a drive-stop-drive-stop day due to the various lookouts between Dunedin & Invercargil.
Still pretty incredible...
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- Dag 70
- torsdag 13. mars 2025 11:02
- ⛅ 54 °F
- Høyde: 128 ft
- New ZealandNugget Point46°26’53” S 169°49’1” E
Nugget Point
13. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 54 °F
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- Dag 70
- torsdag 13. mars 2025 12:09
- ☀️ 55 °F
- Høyde: 20 ft
- New ZealandNew Haven46°28’25” S 169°43’4” E
Surat Bay
13. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
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- Dag 70
- torsdag 13. mars 2025 15:55
- ⛅ 55 °F
- Høyde: 49 ft
- New ZealandCurio Bay46°39’42” S 169°5’53” E
Surat to Curio Bay
13. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 55 °F
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- Dag 70
- torsdag 13. mars 2025 16:50
- ⛅ 57 °F
- Høyde: Sjønivå
- New ZealandSlope Point46°40’27” S 169°0’5” E
Slope Point
13. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
A visit to the most southern-most spot in New Zealand's South Island.
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- Dag 71
- fredag 14. mars 2025 10:13
- ☀️ 54 °F
- Høyde: 16 ft
- New ZealandTalls Point46°21’35” S 168°1’21” E
Riverton
14. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 54 °F
Riverton is a nothing special coastal town and port. We stopped, walked the beach, and found some fun sand art on the beach. At the end of our walk, we talked with some locals who made a couple ofLes mer
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- Dag 71
- fredag 14. mars 2025 12:55
- ☀️ 59 °F
- Høyde: 115 ft
- New ZealandOurawera Stream46°19’56” S 167°49’58” E
Round Hill Walking Track
14. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F
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- Dag 71
- fredag 14. mars 2025 14:13
- ☀️ 61 °F
- Høyde: 33 ft
- New ZealandOrepuki46°16’35” S 167°43’48” E
Gemstone Beach
14. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
This beach is known for a variety of semi-precious gems like garnet, jasper, quartz....
The question is: will Janine get her 'gemmy finds' home?
(who puts ROCKS in their luggage??) 🤔
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- Dag 71
- fredag 14. mars 2025 15:24
- ☁️ 66 °F
- Høyde: 135 ft
- New ZealandTuatapere Te Waewae Community46°1’46” S 167°42’55” E
Clifden Suspension Bridge
14. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 66 °F
New Zealand's longest wooden suspension bridge, opened 1899 & operational through 1978. It was an important transit link in its day until a new (modern) bridge was built 130m downriver. Now it's anLes mer
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- Dag 71
- fredag 14. mars 2025 17:04
- ☁️ 63 °F
- Høyde: 689 ft
- New ZealandTe Anau45°24’33” S 167°42’38” E
New residence: Te Anau
14. mars, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
(Pron: tee ah NOW, or tay AH no -- heard both so far) this is our home for the next 5 nights.
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- Dag 73
- søndag 16. mars 2025 07:36
- 🌫 48 °F
- Høyde: 3 146 ft
- New ZealandHomer Saddle44°45’47” S 167°58’9” E
Te Anau to Milford: bus ride pics
16. mars, New Zealand ⋅ 🌫 48 °F
Milford Sound: one of the primary objectives for this trip. We decided to take a bus to the port so we could both enjoy the ~2hr drive. The bus ride itself was beautiful.