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Mar 1 Abel Tasman
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Early morning start. Hike one leg, kayak two legs and end at Torrent Bay. New lodgings. Cynthia’s favorite day. Although the paths are soft and full of beautiful vegetation, the hikes start to feel like a treadmill. Most are in… Continue reading
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Feb 24 Wellington
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Takahe, Tuatara, Rangiora, Kawa kawa, tree weter, Kaka, Bellbird and a Rimu tree at Zealandia … The Piano Ballet. We had a slow start spending the morning catching up on rest and laundry. Then we set out with the McInerneys… Continue reading
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Feb 23 Wellington
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Te Papa Museum, sculpture walk, funicular to botanic garden, and the waka odyssey opening the New Zealand ceremony David wakes at 7 and climbs up, down and around the volcanic hill on the east side of Wellington’s harbor to… Continue reading
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Feb 22 Havelock North to Wellington
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Said goodbye to Kate and drove to Wellington with a stop at the Pukaha Wildlife Center at Mt Bruce. Rendezvous with McInerneys and cooked the trout from Tongariro River. David climbed all three peaks, returned to the Dawsons’… Continue reading
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Feb 20 Havelock North, Hawke’s Bay
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Wine tasting, The Figgury, and family lamb dinner. After a lovely sleep — the main corridor of this airy, modern house has footlights on motion sensors at night — David dressed to climb Te Mata, the mountain behind the house,… Continue reading
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Feb 19 Turangi to Hawke’s Bay
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Drive to Taupo, fix glasses for free, walk to waterfall, drive to Orakei Korako Cave and Thermal Park hot springs, see geyser, arrive at Todd and Kate’s, late dinner. The people in Taupo’s eyeglass store fixed Cynthia’s glasses… Continue reading
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Feb 13 Auckland
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Tour wonderful art museum and Anglican Church More gray scudding clouds with intermittent rain so Judy drives us up, down and around Auckland’s many volcanic hills to the Art Gallery, an architectural marvel made to look like kauri trees… Continue reading
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Feb 12 Auckland
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Muriwai gannet colony and beach, Mt Eden and One Tree Hill – sunny day Heavy scudding overcast but we see almost turquoise sky behind the thick clouds. So Judy drives us up, down and around Auckland’s many volcanic hills… Continue reading
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Feb 10 Auckland
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Judith Bishell is waiting at Auckland airport, settles us in and takes us around town. We have settled into Judy Bishell’s IMMACULATE home where we spread the contents of our luggage — we already realize that we have brought… Continue reading
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