Blogs from Oceania - page 6497

After searching the Lonely Planet, we decided to stop in at a little place called Curio Bay in the Catlins on the south coast. This turned out to be a seriously lucky find as we had a lovely little camp site and we sharing the bay with a permenant family of 20 hector dolphins. At sunset many of the dolphins started messing around in the surf making for a great show! We also got to see some very rare yellow eyed penguins coming in for the night. The next day we followed on the penguin theme by heading up to Dunedin, famous for both blue penguins and yellow-eyed. We stopped in at the Niagara Falls Cafe in Niagara Falls - not as amazing as the Canadian ones but thankfully a whole lot less touristy. This was ... read more

Weather: Hot. After a quick stroll down the breakwall we decided it was far too hot, so got in the Camper and headed for the Waterfall Way. This is a road that goes through National Parks that boast spectacular waterfalls. We spotted a couple, had lunch at another and then headed for Coffs Harbour. Great campsite !! Pool with fountains and slides and stuff, pitch that was spacious and shady, beach just a VB stubby throw away and, more importantly, dolphin friendly action a five minute walk away. So spent this morning (23rd) petting dolphins and kissing seals (their breath is as you would expect given their raw fish diet and inability to hold a toothbrush) which was great fun. Also very rewarding to see Ozzie mums slapping their kids around cos they didn't want to ... read more

Wednesday 24th my day began with an early morning call from the airport informing me that my flight to Milford Sound was not going to happen as the weather conditions were not good enough I said that I would still like to go and they were going to keep me posted during the morning. Eventually at Noon they finally called me to cancel. Disappointed as I was I soon found something else to do. I walked into town and took the Sky Line cable car up to top of mountain where the views of Queenstown and the surrounding mountains and lakes were stunning. I had some experience of the Luge cars in Rotorua and could not resist having another go here in Queenstown. I decided that the rest of my stay should just be relaxing as ... read more

With only five days remaining until the 'Divorce' we decided to mark the occassion with one last trip together and of course a leaving party. After rave reviews by the Jests when they were here we booked up a day trip to visit the Blue Mountains. This also included a trip to the Olympic park and a visit to a Kangaroo feeding ground within a national park. The Bus picked us up bright and early from Randwick and continued to pick up our fellow tour companions until finally arriving at our first destination which was the Olympic Village where the Olympics were held in 2000. First impressions were to be honest was that it was a bit of a Ghost town. Some magnificent stadiums but seemed to have been forgotten about in the last six years. ... read more

So here are some more pictures of my Milford 4 day Trek.... read more