The first three days I had
the benefit of a guide which was a real privilege.
Not only did I get to see birds and other things
which I wouldn't have done otherwise, but also
it made the trip more human and social.
| Date | Activities |
|---|
| Feb 20th | Saw Dunedin in South Island,
birding in local area, did Yellow Eye penguin colony, and
Monarch cruise at Taiaroa Head for Royal Albatross. |
| Feb 21st | Nugget Point, Tautuku Estuary for
Fernbird, Curio Bay for NZ sea-lions and petrified
forest, Porpoise Bay for Hector's dolphins. |
| Feb 22nd | Half-day on Ulva Island (off Stewart Island in the south.) |
| Feb 23rd | Did Mirror Lakes, Cascade Creek,
The Chasm, on the way from Te Anau to Milford Sound
where I did a cruise. |
| Feb 24th | Saw Chinese cemetery at
Arrowtown and Puzzleworld (good maze) at Wanaka. |
| Feb 25th | Cadrona Pass, Haast Pass,
Ship Creek, Knight's Point, Fox Glacier. Saw glow-worms
at Fox Glacier which turned out to just dots of light
in the dark. |
| Feb 26th | Walked to Franz Josef Glacier.
Punakaiki for the Pancake rocks (blowholes rather
hit and miss and were a miss.) |
| Feb 27th | Lewis Pass (twice as
I left stuff behind in Greymouth.) |
| Feb 28th | Arthur's Pass on way to Christchurch to fly to Rotorua in the North Island. |
| Mar 1st | Rotorua geothermal areas
then glow-worm caves in Waitomo. |
| Mar 2nd | Matamata for where they filmed
Hobbiton for "The Lord of the Rings". Suprisingly
interesting. |
| Mar 3rd | Murawai for the gannet colony.
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