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Our hotel, Mantra 2 Bond Street, was a good news/bad news story. The location couldn’t have been better, but there were a few things that can best be described as “quirky.” The photos will give some insight as to what we mean. On the night we arrived, we noticed our driver took a roundabout way to […]
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Friday, April 5, Touring Sidney by Hop-On Hop-Off Before I get to our lovely touring day, a little more about our quirky hotel room. Our view: This is apparently a restaurant/bar that gets extremely loud at night with very poor karaoke singers. Hence the ear plugs on the night stand when we arrived. (See photo […]
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Wednesday, April 3, Getting settled into Sydney Christchurch airport and Air New Zealand flight to Sydney, AU: Christchurch airport was so quiet with very few people. The Air New Zealand flight was delayed twice. We had seats in economy and still got free headsets, free movies, tv, music, games and a nice dinner. I’m really […]
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Day 14 – Monday, April 1: Wanaka to Lake Tekapo Drive to Lake Tekapo: Woke up to a bright, sunny day, but very windy. Entering Lindis Pass At the top of the pass, 900 meters above sea level. Coffee stop – Omarama: View of the Southern Alps from the east side. Lake Pukaki with Mt. […]
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Day 13 – Sunday, March 31: Te Anau to Wanaka, Oakridge Resort: Surprise walking tour through a bird sanctuary before leaving Te Anau this morning. Very difficult to see the birds and very few birds for a sanctuary. But the walk was lovely. First stop is lunch in Cromwell: Warm weather but very windy! Terry […]
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Day 12 – Saturday, March 30: Queenstown through Milford Sound to Te Anau We left Queenstown at 7:30am and or was still dark out. A little way down the road the sun rose and then we had low ground fog. Milford Road scenic drive – one of the world’s finest alpine drives. Fiordland National Park […]
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Day 10-11 – Thursday 28 & 29: Queenstown Upon our arrival in Queenstown it was love at first sight. It’s a small community in a beautiful setting around the lake. Down on the Warf there were vendors selling their wares and musicians performing. We had lovely weather for wondering around and enjoying the sites. We […]
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Day 9 – Wednesday, March 27th: TranzAlpine Train from Christchurch through Arthur’s Pass to Fox Glacier (CANCELLED) Christchurch: We arrived late, 6:45pm with dinner at 7:45pm. So no photos on this trip, but we will be back at the end of the tour. Woke up in Christchurch to a gray, rainy day. Our schedule is […]
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Day 15 – Tuesday, April 2: Lake Tekapo to Christchurch Off to a good start on time again this morning. Our good luck didn’t last as the defroster and air conditioner went out. The windows were all fogged up so we had to stop because our driver could not see. Photos from our emergency stop […]
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Day 8 – Tuesday, March 26: Wellington through Cook Strait to Christchurch North island to South island Cook Strait ferry – world’s most scenic voyages: Another long day, started at 5:15am, bags out and breakfast at 6:30am, on the bus by 7:30am. The ferry left port at 9:00am and the ride is 3 1/2 hours […]
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