Category Archives: Week 4

Not Much to Report

After yesterday’s marathon entry today’s will be very short, as today was just a “positioning” day to get up north of Auckland. We woke up to grey overcast skies and headed out after breakfast. We decided to go the back … Continue reading

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The Smelly Place

After an evening at the pub with friends, we came back to the hotel and hit the sack. The next morning dawned bright and warm, almost shorts weather but not quite. After we had breakfast we set out to explore … Continue reading

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Only a day late!

Wednesday Oct 31st Another bright blue sky and clear day. First item on the agenda was a visit to the aquarium where we saw a variety of sea life (surprise) much of it native to the New Zealand coast line. … Continue reading

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Delay in Blogging

Due to meeting up with friends and dining with them at the local pub, today’s blog will be a little late in coming. In fact as we are going out with them again tomorrow night there may be a further … Continue reading

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Running out of Titles

Woke up to perfectly clear skies! The further North we go the better it gets. We were slow to start as we wanted to go to a museum in town that didn’t open until 10:00. On the way out we dropped into … Continue reading

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Back to the North Island

We headed over to the ferry terminal about an hour ahead of our 1030 departure time. The morning was overcast and cooler again. Waiting in line for the ferry two old cars pulled up behind us. Talking to the drivers … Continue reading

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Last Day on the South Island

More of an overcast and cooler morning, after yesterday’s high of 24, we were back down to 13. Today’s trip was purely to get from A to B a distance of around 300kms up to the ferry terminal at Picton. … Continue reading

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