Southeastern coast - New Zealand
8/13/05
From Timaru, where we spent the night, we kept going south to Dunedin which is also very small and slow. It is a charming town with lots of old (old regarding europeen settlement history) stony houses.The train station is an example and became a landmark.
Dunedin has a weird world record; they claim to have the world's steepest street. :o
In New Zealand it is also famous for its university which turned it into a student town.
Anyway, we didn't stay long there, we headed to Otago peninsula. to see its wildlife protected area. To get there we drove along the water in a tortuous narrow road with a nice view of the sea.
The roads in South New Zealand are all two-ways single-lane with very little traffic, a pleasure to drive.
At the reserve, there are Albatrosses, penguins, seals and lots of other birds, though the animals were too far to photograph, because we did not want to pay the high price to get closer.
At the far southeast of the southern island, we also made a stop in Kaka Point and Nugget Point at the end of the day where we hide in a shelter to observe the Yellow Eyed penguins. It was already dawn and it was, again, impossible to make a photo for you guys, but we saw 3 Yellow Eyed penguins out of a population of 8 living in Nugget Point, not bad. The seals were much easier to spot.
For the night we went to Owaka where we had a nice dinner in the, probably, only restaurant in town.
8/14/05
Next day we drove through the Southern Scenic Road and went to the Lake Wilkie.
The way goes through a hilly landscape with hundreds of farms. There are many many many sheeps, 14 for each person in New Zealand.
We were very surprised to see that New Zealand is deer-farming. We had lunch in Invercargill and then went to the Mclean Falls after a short walk through a nice forest; it started to rain so we couldn't do much. Though we crossed wonderful landscapes going from the luxuriant greeny hills to snow-capped mountains.
Click here for a panoramic of the range of mountains on the way to Te Anau
At the end of the day we arrived in Te Anau.
From Timaru, where we spent the night, we kept going south to Dunedin which is also very small and slow. It is a charming town with lots of old (old regarding europeen settlement history) stony houses.The train station is an example and became a landmark.
Dunedin has a weird world record; they claim to have the world's steepest street. :o
In New Zealand it is also famous for its university which turned it into a student town.
Anyway, we didn't stay long there, we headed to Otago peninsula. to see its wildlife protected area. To get there we drove along the water in a tortuous narrow road with a nice view of the sea.
The roads in South New Zealand are all two-ways single-lane with very little traffic, a pleasure to drive.
At the reserve, there are Albatrosses, penguins, seals and lots of other birds, though the animals were too far to photograph, because we did not want to pay the high price to get closer.
At the far southeast of the southern island, we also made a stop in Kaka Point and Nugget Point at the end of the day where we hide in a shelter to observe the Yellow Eyed penguins. It was already dawn and it was, again, impossible to make a photo for you guys, but we saw 3 Yellow Eyed penguins out of a population of 8 living in Nugget Point, not bad. The seals were much easier to spot.
For the night we went to Owaka where we had a nice dinner in the, probably, only restaurant in town.
8/14/05
Next day we drove through the Southern Scenic Road and went to the Lake Wilkie.
The way goes through a hilly landscape with hundreds of farms. There are many many many sheeps, 14 for each person in New Zealand.
We were very surprised to see that New Zealand is deer-farming. We had lunch in Invercargill and then went to the Mclean Falls after a short walk through a nice forest; it started to rain so we couldn't do much. Though we crossed wonderful landscapes going from the luxuriant greeny hills to snow-capped mountains.
Click here for a panoramic of the range of mountains on the way to Te Anau
At the end of the day we arrived in Te Anau.
posted by Adriano and Angie | 2:58 PM
1 Comments:
Hello guys,
Great pictures. Both of you look radiant and happy. I did not see that look back at SIAC.
Good luck!
Michael B.
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