Ok, Ok we admit it, we have fallen hopelessly behind with our blog, so prepare for a whistlestop tour of the end of the South Island travels and our recent zoom around the North Island. Seatbelts on... After Fox glacier, and a glance at the Franz Josef glacier through torrential rain and clouds of descending mist, we headed across the top on the South Island to Kaikoura - famous for it's marine life, whales etc. Unfortunately we have managed to miss whale season EVERY single place on our world trip, and so true to form, we had to settle for a seal colony. As you can see from the pictures, they weren't shy, but were a little grumpy and stinky, having just spent the night sleeping in the bushes in the middle of the carpark
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