Stewart Island trip: day one
December 26th 2006 It is the day after Christmas, and Robyn and I are heading south to Stewart Island, the lesser of New Zealand's three main islands, in search of birds. It is our first time there. The plan for day one (Tuesday) is travel from Christchurch to Dunedin, then on to Stewart Island the next day, and back up to Christchurch on Sunday.
The first stop on the road trip was the mighty metropolis of Timaru.
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