Friday, March 21, 2014

South Island Road Trip, Week 1

Hello to all of you still keeping up with our travels!  The past two weeks were spent touring the lower half of the south island.  I've broken it up into three posts because I took a TON of photos!  So enjoy a look at the places we've visited recently.
The Route we took from March 4-14


Saying goodbye to Des,Gill, and Jenny at Halfmoon Cottage


found gemstones and cool rocks on the coast

historic limestone buildings in Oamaru

Moeraki Boulders



Dunedin, train station building

whitebait sandwich-- look it up! Yummy!

Missing home and saw this Bluegrass band at the farmer's market!!

'historic' display at the Otago Settlers museum



cathedral in dunedin

modern art.


this is our new friend, Braaad, in the van

Catlins National park, amazing coastline at the bottom of NZ






blue cod sandwich for lunch

Southernmost Point of NZ

Collecting Sand

windswept Slope Point



View of Stewart Island from Bluff 

Fresh Bluff Oysters


Famous Bluff Oysters (fried because we're too chicken to eat them raw!)


Invercargill- Queen's Park gardens, one of the best public gardens in NZ. Picnic on a rare sunny day.




Replica of the Indian bike from the movie The World's Fastest Indian (about Burt Munro from Invercargill)


taking advantage of the sun


lookout point, saw quite a few dolphins from the side of the road! You can see them in the video below (surfing) if you look closely


Dramatic mountain views on the way to Te Anau
Lake Te Anau, the day before our overnight cruise

The next post is all about our overnight cruise in Doubtful Sounds in Fiordland National Park.  Will be posted soon!!!

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