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Published: February 23rd 2009
Well - finally our last full day in Tutukaka Heaven has dawned. We leave tomorrow for 3 nights in Auckland before flying home on Saturday.
It has been an amazing week staying here - very relaxing and enjoyable, and the scenery seems to have changed every day. We were very fortunate last night to experience the most amazing rainbow - just as the sun was going down. I have never seen such a colourful, fully formed and vivid rainbow - EVER! Just incredible - I hope the pictures capture some of what we saw.
On reflection - our time in NZ has been nothing but a wonderful experience. We have seen and done more than I could have imagined - icebergs, big cats, amazing scenery - mountains, fiords and coastal areas, huge pools of bubbling mud, boiling water and steam coming from the ground, seals and various native birds and more native ferns than I would have believed possible - some 20 metres high!
The South Island will remain my favourite - the scenery is varied - despite a mountain range that runs the full length of the island - they constantly differ in shape and diversity as
the regions change. From the flat Canterbury Plains near Christchurch to the amazing fiordland in the far South - it is a truly beautiful country with the friendliest of people and welcomes.
It is very strange - I always thought that when you went to Heaven it was forever. It seems I have to leave this one behind...
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