Thursday, July 21, 2011

20th July On the Road to Invercargill

Geoff didn’t think I could make it onto (and off) the top bunk. What sort of a challenge is that?

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we left at 9am to visit the Kiwi’s, much to Maddison’s disgust about how early it was. The Kiwis are nocturnal and were being fed at 10 am so we wandered around the rest of the park first and the went into their special house to watch them. We were treated to  a display of affection ! but couldn’t take any photos due to their sensitivity to light.

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from here we decided to drive directly to Invercargill rather than going via Te Anu. We drove all the way to Bluff and Stirling Point (the Land’s End of New Zealand). On the way we dropped into the Maritime Museum – another excellent museum.

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There were rock pools for Geoff to look in and a light house. We could also see Stewart Island but didn’t fancy a trip there as the weather wasn’t at it’s best.

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Back in Invercargill we stopped at the Noodle Canteen for a late lunch and wandered down the main street looking at the architecture – which was amazing

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Then onto the Comfort Inn which lived up to it’s name with a hot pool and a PaknSave just down the road.

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