Hi all,
It has been a while but it has been crazy for us for the last wee bit. I will attempt to bring you up to date on our travels and remember all the stuff we had seen and done... wish me luck.
We had a wet time in Queenstown. The town was still in the midst of flood warnings and it was still buried under sandbags. Ironically, it poured the whole time we were there....
Looks like snow but they are sandbags.
Queenstown in the fog and rain.
Danger flooding.
Outside of Queenstown are the most beautiful mountains. The riding was tough and really steep - just ask Paul.
Arrowtown was a highlight for us. A perfectly preserved town just outside Queenstown. Don't you just love the family photo? Mom? What mom?
Fall colours in Arrowtown.
A really huge Tuatara in Invercargill.
The trip down to Invercargill was windy and hilly and the town? well, it is the gateway to the Catlins, an absolutely breathtaking road that leads from beach to deserted beach along the coast ending up at Dunedin. We did leave Mira's sandals on one of those beaches and NO we did not drive back to get them. That road is beautiful once but not to be done twice!
Along this coast we did get to visit the seal colonies. Cool!
Say Good'day!
More seals.
Looking for a way to stay out of the car Paul?
In Dunedin, we did the Cadbury chocolate tour. Way yummy and educational too. We got to wear these groovy hats and eat lots of chocolate.
In Dunedin there is also the steepest residential street in the world with an incline of 19%! There is the gutbuster race that is held here where folks run up and then down. We just walked. In July, they have a charity event when they roll Jaffas (chocolate balls) down the hill. Whoohoo!
In Oamaru, we checked out the penguins. We got to see the rare Yellow-eyed Penguins come in on the beach at dusk. This town is also famous for its bike building history. The penny farthing was made here in NZ.
We all enjoyed Christchurch. The girls and I climbed the bell town in the town square and got a great view of the town.
Enjoying the leaves.
We changed our plans quickly at the last minute... one minute we were planning on going out to sea in Kaioura then ... given the rain and cold... we decided to made a quick trip to catch the ferry for the North Island. We were bound and bent to get one more ray of sunshine before we returned to Canada. Just when we decided to go to Australia for 10 days because we couldn't get tickets to Toronto, Cathay Pacific put us on the wait list for mid june, so now we suddenly had 3 weeks to play in Australia. We joined our friends Krista and Ray in Cambridge for some fun and a lot of packing and then we caught an early flight to Sydney... the adventure continues.
Kate doing a Kapa Haka - saying goodbye to New Zealand.
Luggage... we got lots. Off to Sydney at 4 am.
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