Hi Followers, this post is made up of photos from Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Akaroa and Picton. All ports on the east coast of New Zealands most beautiful south island.
It was a welcome sight seeing New Zealands rolling green hills when we arrived in Dunedin. This was to be the first time i had been on NZ soil since December 14th
We had not done to much exercise on board the boat so we decided to tackle the worlds steepest street
From the bottom it doesn't look like much, this picture shows just how steep the pitch is. 30 degrees?
Looking down from the top
We stopped off at the Botanical Garden
Cacti
Dunedin's Cadbury factory
Forsythe Bar stadium - the only stadium in the world to be permanently covered while still growing natural grass, the seats are really close to the field i would love to watch a game down here
Dunedins famous historic railway station
We walked to the city square to find the Scottish band competition was in town, 400 participants all competing.
It was a little bizarre but really nice
That afternoon i got up on deck to take pictures of the surroundings
There were lots of people relaxing
Cruising is a hard life for some
Some of the locals came to see us off
Even some of the Scottish bands were there playing tunes as we sailed away
What Zealand Looks like to me
More locals out to see us sail away
The next day we arrived in Akaroa, a small port that now replaces Christchurch since the earthquakes
As Akaroa does not have a warf for a ship, we had to be tendered in on these little boats
Akaroa was small but very artsy
These baby lobster (i think) were very impressive in such a swarm
Next it was off to Picton, i regret to inform you that for most of this most stunning part of New Zealand i had left the memory card out of my camera so most of the photos taken turned immediately into thin air
My Family
It was a stunning day to be in Picton
That's it until i post in a few days from this place called Wellington, I've heard its just amazing so i cant wait to check it out!
