Te Anau to Dunedin

Note - the seals at Waipapa point must have been sea lions, as I have just spent the day kayaking around a seal colony, and they were tiny compared to the ones down south, little babies that came out to play and climb on our kayaks... was awesome, hopefully that will all be in the next post (or the one after)

Love Sueby


OK, I've done so much, so I'm going to try and do it just in pictures, and that way save everyone a huge long read


Last Thursday I headed to Te Anau, (tea ah-now) . Barnyard backpackers

Friday Milford Sound day cruise





On Milford Sound Milford sound, The Mountains are snow topped, the snow was at about 1200m, so that gives you some idea of how low the snow was, or how high the mountains rose straight out of the sea!
The road out of Milford Sound






Saturday drive to Invicargill, with a stop at Waiau Downs

Sheep Shearing




Sunday Drive to Bluff (Lands End NZ), the Catlins, Stop at Waipapa Point and see seals, Slope Point (the real Lands End NZ), Cream tea with real clotted cream, stay at Hilltop backpackers
The end of Highway 1 that runs from Cape Reinga to Bluff





Seal sleeping at Waipapa point, it woke up and yawned at me a few minutes later... boy did it have bad breath!







This seal was much more polite, and didn't yawn at me!







Slope point, the real south of NZ, (well the south island)
Windswept trees at slope point.

Hill Top Backpackers

The View from the Lounge of Hill top backpackers




Monday - Catlins, Curio bay, Porpoise bay, McLean Falls, Cathedral Caves, Surat Bay





Porpoise Bay usually there are Hector dolphins swimming in the bay here, but I didn't see any




McLean Falls Cathedral Caves

Cathedral caves


Surat bay, I stayed at the backpackers here gorgeous views across the bay


Tuesday Surat Bay, Nugget Point, Penguin Place,
Sea lion on the beach at Surat bay




The Lighthouse at Nugget Point The Nuggets at Nugget Point (apparently they look like gold nuggets?)

Penguin at the Penguin retreat at the penguin place, I spent the night at the hostel here at the penguin place on the Otago Peninsula looking back at Dunedin

Wednesday- Royal Albatross Centre, Cadburys factory Dunedin

Thursday drive back to Queenstown and do Bungy jump, (see previous post for the ultimate in stupidity!)

(To follow in next posting)

Friday jet boating and leave queenstown for Hast

Saturday Hast to Fox

Sunday Walk on Fox Glacier

Monday Fox to Hokitika

Tuesday Hokitika to Hokitika Gorge, pancake rocks and Back to Hokitika

Wednesday Hokitika to ?