South Again – Day 23
Morning at Lake Opua, the geese flying again, magpies, seagulls, herons, ducks, a bittern (?) and others I wasn’t sure about. It is a great campsite for free camping. The fish were jumping too. On the way out we stopped…
South Again – Days 21 & 22
Round Bush Camp was still mozzie central so after breakfast we went to Twizel, the Hydro Cafe and Twizel Bookshop, where else? Having finished 16 Trees of the Somme I’m now reading Bewilderment by Richard Powers. After that we headed…
South Again – Day 20
What next and where to go? We read about Maniapouri but it’s half a day there and another back, with a few days left it didn’t seem worth it. We headed out to Twizel again for coffee and cake at…
South Again – Day 19
A walk in the gardens of Oamaru. I can’t believe they have 12 grass tennis courts here, must be a lot of upkeep. We headed up to Timaru to see old friends Judd, Jenny and Graham. A great lunch and…
South Again – Day 18
Aramoana, a dark name in Kiwi history, but we survived the night and drove to Port Chalmers and the back road to Waitati. We had coffee at Karitane which has a nice sandy beach with rollers coming in from the…
South Again – Day 17
This morning my intention was to walk to Sandfly Bay. We drove to the path, a good road in fact, and I walked as far as the viewpoint. However the track goes by the dunes at the back and walkers…
South Again – Day 16
At break of day (ok 11am) we headed to Pukekura (red hill) to the Royal Albatross Centre. The guided tour was well worth the money – which also helps fund the centre. There were four chicks in residence. While we…
South Again – Day 15
In the morning I took a walk to Cannibal Bay about 6km there and back. There were a few inhabitants about. We then drove pretty quickly to the Otago Peninsula via the South coast and a bit of South Dunedin.…
South Again – Day 14
We left Waikawa late this morning, last ones to leave actually. Then drove to Kaka Point and Nugget Point. The latter is awesome. We also paused at Roaring Bay on the other side of the point. There was a hide…
South Again – Day 13
Today we drove straight to the entrance to the Caitlins at Fortrose where we stopped for coffee and to fill up with relatively cheap diesel at the cafe. I bought Hania a possum fur. She will be glad of it…