Blogs from Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 48

Saturday 16th September 2006 We left Te Anau and headed down to Invercargill. We stopped off at Bluff, and had some sea food (Bluff is famous for it) in the Drunken Sailor restaurant over looking the sea. We had Oysters, Scallops and Blue Cod - all really nice. Sure my Dad would have loved it! We were hoping to make it over to Stewart Island, but it was too rough and wouldn’t have been very nice when we got there. So Stewart Island eluded me for a second time. Instead we left Invercargill (not a very nice place) to drive along the coast of the Catlins. Well we tried to leave, we managed getting lost and ending back where we started - it took over two hours to leave Invercargill! Can imagine my Dad’s knowing nods ... read more

well here we are/were in dunedin the scottish part of NZ. we arrived on the 5th or august. Adn on the way we had already planned what to do that day.....first thing off to the steepest street in the world....dont believe the pictures its really bloody steep, i got scared going up in the car.....yes me the man who willing threw himself out of a plane......but who cares? i dont......much i decided to walk down and filmed lucy going down in the car which was fun. but i would really hate to live on that street. Next me and Lucy headed over to the cadbury factory. it was fun to learn how chocolate began and how it came to NZ the next day i walked around the city taking pictures of different things like the fantastically ... read more

Hi folks, This is a quick test email for a couple of new additions to my subscribers list. Well Dad is here at home with me right now (Thursday 6.20 pm) and we are both trying to just chill with a nice glass of, surprise surprise, Sav Blanc wine. Tea is busy cooking away downstairs as I write this and yes Allison, I am sure to burn it.........LOL. Nope, only joking! Yes seriously Allison, only joking. You will be amazed with what I can cook now (comes from dating two chefs and watching intently what they did) And not Burn! Anyway, today has been weird and I have felt weird. I reckon it is just nervous excitement........ Bailey definitly knows something is up! Gee I will miss him heaps. Suzanne, I am looking forward to Croatia ... read more

Hello. Our last days in Queenstown found us travelling up to one of the town's highest points on a gondola (cable car). Unfortunately the weather had turned cold, wet and windy again so the views weren't as good as they might have been. A nice adventure nevertheless. We also had a walk around the town and the lovely lakeside. On our last night we had a nice meal in the hotel before getting to bed at a reasonable hour before our early departure to Dunedin on the Thursday. As before the bus trip was terrific passing through some outstanding scenery: snow capped mountains, lakes - natural and man made - desolate mountainsides, small towns with Scottish street names. All accompanied by a bright and jolly bus driver's commentary and some awful jokes. We arrived in Dunedin ... read more

Entry by Ryan: Wednesday July 11th, Its seems today we did nothing but drive, after waking up and packing the car we drove out of Invercargil to the Catlins conservation park on our quest to find penguins. As always we drove through plenty of beautiful scenery along the coast and arrived at our destination. For once we arrived at our destination to coincide with the proper tides, this time to see a petrified Jurassic forest. Walking along the rocks on top of the petrified forest was cool, but what we had really wanted to see was penguins, there were also frequently dolphins is the bay but we were not as excited to see those. Unfortunately we were not lucky at this beach with any wildlife, except the usual seagulls. So we decided to continue our search ... read more