It started out as a crisp clear early morning in Te Anau as I headed to Invercargill by bus with plans to go directly to Stewart Island (the third island, if you will, of New Zealand), off the bottom of the south island. I hadn't made up my mind yet how I was getting there. It's an hour by ferry on often-rough seas; it's 20 minutes by flight, often with no hassles at all. Invercargill is 30 minutes or so from Bluff, a small town teetering on the very edge of the bottom of the south island. In fact, it's the southern-most town in New Zealand, or at least out of the two main islands. Cost always plays a big part in the way I travel, and this Easter Monday was no exception. How to get
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