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  • Wellington

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    Ahhh, but which version? The Depeche Mode original, or the Lacuna Coil cover? Down by the waterfront, there are these things, which I assumed were artworks. And they are. But they’re also public toilets.

  • Crossing Cook Strait

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    OK, so I’m starting this one the day before, with the arrival into Picton. I could have booked the ferry for that afternoon, or even that evening, but I wasn’t sure how much wiggle room was needed between train & ferry, and I kind of like Picton, so I stayed the night at a place…

  • Christchurch to Picton on the Coastal Pacific

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    I slept badly, which wasn’t great. Not entirely sure why, though concern over getting to the station on time probably played a major part. The Christchurch station isn’t in the middle of the town, unlike a lot of others, and the hotel booked a shuttle for me; I’d not realised that the Super Shuttles operation…

  • Christchurch

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    There’s a bunch of images, you should be used to it by now. Part of the goal for Christchurch was to just stop for a while, because I’ve been doing a lot of things, and while that’s fun, it’s also tiring, and it makes it harder to plan out the next things. Another part was…

  • Queenstown to Dunedin to Christchurch

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    That was a really long day of sitting on a bus. The same bus went all the way, but it was scheduled as two separate trips, so I had to collect & then re-check the big bag. It was by no means a bad trip, but I’m glad I paid the few extra dollars for…

  • A Day In Queenstown

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    A day with nothing specific planned, so after a wander out along the lake on one side of town, I rode the Gondola to look at the view from high up. And then went on the Luge.

  • Day Trip To Milford Sound

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    This one is extremely image heavy. No big surprise there, I grant you, but you’ve been warned. It was amazing, but also a long day, and I think a chunk of the passengers fell asleep on the way back; I know I nodded off a few times.

  • Dunedin to Queenstown

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    Oh look, a cut because of images. That’s a surprise. This was another travel day, though not an early-start day, thankfully, and I’ve got a better idea of where to kill time in Dunedin now.

  • Invercargill (again) to Dunedin (again)

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    Image heavy (again), so there’s a cut (again).

  • Rakiura

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    Image-heavy, so I’m putting in a cut. As a general summary of my day-and-a-bit on Rakiura: I think I did pretty much everything I had the equipment & patience & capacity to do.Walked pretty much every track I could find, including one I found by accidentTried a Southland Cheese RollHad my most southerly pub beer…