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Neuseeland
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- Dec 16, 2019, 9:41pm
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- New Zealand Southland Southland District Waikawa Curio Bay -46.66169, 169.10362246°39’42” S 169°6’13” E
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Curio Bay
December 16, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Bevor wir Queenstown verlassen geniessen wir noch die
Aussicht vom Hausberg.🏞 Wie alles - im Interlaken von Neuseeland - kostet auch das ein Vermögen und wir überwinden die knapp 500 Höhenmeter zu Fuss.🧗🏼‍♀️ Nach einer längeren Fahrt, auf welcher wir ausserdem eine kurze Sightseeingtour durch Invercargill machen, erreichen wir den südlichsten Punkt in Neuseeland.🌏 Am Strand schlafen Seebären welche einiges grösser als die Robben sind die wir bis jetzt gesehen haben😅(bis zu 1,7 Meter). In der Curio Bay bekommen wir einen schönen Stellplatz direkt an der Küste mit Blick auf Meer.🌊 Nach dem Abendessen werden am Strand noch die Gelbaugpinguine beobachtet, die seltesten Pinguine der Welt welche nur hier leben und nesten.🐧🐧 Vom Bett aus beobachten wir den Sonnenuntergang und lassen die Schweiz lieb grüssen🌅🗾!Read more
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Traveler ... si di gäubougpingus ou vo öich beobachtet worde? Mir hei denn leider keini gseh..
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Traveler Kuschlig vo inne luegä😂
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Traveler Jawoll aber mir hei oh nur einä gseh😅🐧
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Traveler New Zealand
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- Jan 5, 2020, 11:00am
- 🌧 11 °C
- Altitude: 206 m
- New Zealand Southland Southland District Te Anau -45.417587, 167.71853645°25’3” S 167°43’7” E
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Day 16
Te Anau
January 5, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Today we drove from Wanaka to Te Anau after breakfast at around 9 a.m. As soon as we arrived in Te Anau, we decided to visit the bird sanctuary and took a walk at the Te Anau Lake. In the afternoon we went to a restaurant in the town and then sat at the lake for a while.

We’ve booked a full day tour for tomorrow that takes us to the Milford Sound fjord. We’re already very exited about it 😊

Wir sind heute nach dem Frühstück um ca. 9 Uhr von Wanaka nach Te Anau gestartet. In Te Anau angekommen, haben wir uns dazu entschieden den Vogelpark zu besuchen und einen Spaziergang am Lake Te Anau zu machen. Am Nachmittag waren wir dann noch kurz im Ort um etwas zu essen und saßen dann noch gemütlich am See.

Für morgen haben wir eine ganztägige Tour gebucht, die uns an die Fjordlandschaft Milford Sound führt. Wir freuen uns schon sehr darauf 😊.Read more
Traveler Wunderschön❤❤❤
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Traveler Ich vermiss dich so❤❤❤
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Traveler Ich liebe euch❤❤❤
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Traveler New Zealand
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- Jan 6, 2020, 8:00am
- 🌧 6 °C
- Altitude: 294 m
- New Zealand Southland Southland District Milford Sound Freshwater Basin -44.671608, 167.92591144°40’18” S 167°55’33” E
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Milford Sound Tour: Part 1
January 6, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Today we took part in an 8 hour tour that started in Te Anau, with many photo stops to Milford Sound and then back to Te Anau. Afterwards we drove from Te Anau to Queenstown. As soon as we arrived, we just had a quick meal and now we are already in bed. We are looking forward to a relaxing day here in Queenstown tomorrow.

Heute haben wir an einer 8 Stunden langen Tour teilgenommen die in Te Anau begann, mit vielen Foto-Stopps nach Milford Sound und dann wieder zurück nach Te Anau führte. Danach sind wir von Te Anau nach Queenstown gefahren. Als wir ankamen, haben wir nur schnell etwas gegessen und liegen nun bereits im Bett. Wir freuen uns auf einen entspannten Tag morgen hier in Queenstown.Read more
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- Jan 8, 2020
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 202 m
- New Zealand Southland Southland District Te Anau Lake Henry -45.42578, 167.7170645°25’33” S 167°43’1” E
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Driving to the West coast
January 8, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Headed down the East coast.

Stopped into Kaikoura for some cheese tasting and some fish and chips. Cheese was an amazing runny ish blue with a charcoal surround.

Made our way west, only stopping briefly for coffee etc. After a long day of travelling we stopped in at a campsite in a forest next to a stream. Again reasonable level of annoying sandflies.
We made a big fire to try and keep them at bay, which mostly worked. Nice bit of pasta for supper.Read more
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- Jan 15, 2020
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 208 m
- New Zealand Southland Southland District Te Anau Dock Bay -45.43953, 167.6838245°26’22” S 167°41’2” E
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Te Anau and Glenorchy
January 15, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Got up later as I was feeling a bit sniffley the night before.
Took a walk to Dock Bay over a hydro electric dam.
Nice hour long walk with a beach at the end.
Stocked up on some fizzy sweets and set off towards Glenorchy.
Arrived and got setup in a campsite. I wanted to have a look at a couple of lord of the rings filming sites, so we set off towards a place called Paradise.
Saw a tour bus dart off into the bushes so marked that in my head to come back to.
Great views of mountains from Paradise as you would expect by the name.
Doubled back to the potential lord of the rings spot. No idea which one it was, no signal to find out and Hannah couldn't be bothered to explore, so we moved on.
Drove past Diamond lake and onto Isengard from LOTR. Big wide valley with mountains behind which they super imposed the white tower onto. Very cool.
Back to the sleepy town of Glenorchy for a massive icecream sunday and a walk around the lake edge and through the Glenorchy lagoon.Read more
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- Jan 12, 2020
- 🌧 11 °C
- Altitude: 209 m
- New Zealand Southland Southland District Te Anau -45.4146, 167.7158145°24’53” S 167°42’57” E
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Climbing Mt Isthmas
January 12, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Had a fairly leisurely morning doing admin and washing etc till about midday. Then set off for a 30 min drive to the base of Mount Isthmas. Pete and Cathers friend Liam joined us for the trip.
Took about 3 hours to get to the top. With stunning views over lake Wanaka and lake Hawea.
Strong winds over the top, so we only stayed around for 10 mins or so.
The way down was actually much harder on the knees. But took us about 1.5 hours to get back.
Cathers had work starting at 6 ish the next morning, so we had an early night of burgers and How to Train Your Dragon.Read more
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- Jan 14, 2020
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 209 m
- New Zealand Southland Southland District Te Anau -45.4146, 167.71580545°24’53” S 167°42’57” E
Day 107
Milford sound
January 14, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Early start of 5.45am in order to drive up to Milford Sound for our 9am boat tour.
Very calm still morning with a little mist hanging in the air. We stopped a few times to take some photos, but didn't linger for too long lest we would miss out on the free car park. Got to the boat with 15 mins to spare.
Boarded and sat on top. Quite a chilly morning, but we had enough layers on to keep warm. Amazing scenery with 150m high waterfalls and over 1000m high walls on either side. The whole trip took about 2 hours with a few points where the captain drove the nose into a waterfall.
We worked our way back down the Milford road, stopping at a few spots to take some photos, fill the bottle up with glacier water and make some hot ham rolls. Hopefully not too hot as it was just baking from being in the back of the car.
Saw a nasty crash part way back where a 4x4 had flipped. No idea why.
Got back to Te Anau and chilled out on beach on the lakeside. Finally managing to catch up on some updates from the last 2 weeks.
I was feeling like either I had mega hayfever or a bit of a cold, so we retired to the campsite by 7.30.Read more
Traveler Gorgeous!
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Traveler Such a lovely spot! X
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- Jan 13, 2020, 7:30pm
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 209 m
- New Zealand Southland Southland District Te Anau -45.41462, 167.7158645°24’53” S 167°42’57” E
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Driving towards Milford Sound
January 13, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Left Wanaka with the Mazda which Pete and Cathers had kindly lent us.

First stop was Arrow town for honey tasting and wander. An old school village which felt much like an American western type set.

Then a short hop down to road to Queenstown for a pie from Fergbaker. Hannah said the burger place next door called Furgburger was famous. But the line was huge so we couldn't be arsed to wait.

From there a fairly easy drive to Te Anau camping. We gathered some info from the tourist office and did some shopping. With not much to do in town we had a beer and went to the cinema to watch the new star wars.
No clouds in the sky when we got out so quite a chilly night.Read more
Traveler Nice! And yep, totally agree with Hannah that Furgburger is quite famous... we had one and it was good, but still... just a burger 🙈 Weather looks great guys, not quite the same as we’ve got here!
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- Jan 9, 2020
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 202 m
- New Zealand Southland Southland District Te Anau Lake Henry -45.42577, 167.7170345°25’33” S 167°43’1” E
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Day 102
Franz Josef Glacier
January 9, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Made our way to the Westcoast and started to head south towards Franz Josef glacier. Stopped in to look at Lake Daniells track on the way down. Again amazing blue water, looking very clean and inviting.
Stopped into a Monteiths brewery for a tasting and got to a campsite near Franz Josef. Set up the tent and headed straight out to Franz Josef glacier walk. A relatively short walk which takes you within a few 100 meters of the base of the glacier. Amazing to see how many meters the glacier has been retreating over the last 100 years or so. Scary to think how much longer it might be around for.
Back to the campsite for a spot of reading for the girls and watching geostorm for Pete and I.Read more
Traveler Oh I‘ve been there on the same day, but It was less cloudy
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- Jan 23, 2020, 12:27pm
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
- New Zealand Southland Southland District Waikawa Curio Bay -46.659328, 169.10409546°39’34” S 169°6’15” E
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DELPHINE & Wir
January 23, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Der Tag begann sehr gemütlich und wir fuhren zur Curio Bay, ohne allzugroßen Erwartungen...
Gerade als wir wieder zum Van gehen wollten, erblickte ein anderer Tourist einen Delphin! 🐬
Da drehten wir natürlich sofort um und sahen dass es ein ganzer Schwarm war!!! 😍😍
Wir konnten unser Glück kaum fassen und rannten in das eiskalte Meer, wo Andrea sogar von einem 🐬 angestupst wurde!👉🏼🐬
Diese Momente werden wir sicher nie vergessen! 🥰
(Ton einschalten🔈)

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Traveler Bin sprachlos👍
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Traveler Wow! Jetzt seid‘s eindeutig entschädigt worden für die 🐬-Tour in AUS! Sehr cool! 👍🏽🤗
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Southland, Саутланд, Southland eskualdea, סאותלנד, サウスランド地方, საუთლენდის რეგიონი, 사우스랜드 지방, Murihiku, Саутленд, Wilayah Southland, Southland på New Zealand, 南地大区

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