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Shaun Scott

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 15:36:46 +1300

Looking South from Signal Hill Lookout- Dunedin

81stcolumn

Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:40:51 +1300

Quite accidentally I have managed to recreate that instamatic look of my youth. Clouds waiting in the Hunua ranges this weekend.

Paul Campbell

Wed, 04 Feb 2015 12:35:33 +1300

Xmas street decorations Hanoi ....

David Hood

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:24:19 +1300

Disused quarry, North East Valley, Dunedin

David Hood

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 11:18:01 +1300

Woodstock (in Westland)

David Hood

Sat, 31 Jan 2015 11:15:17 +1300

Dunedin railway station

Soon Lee

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 21:19:36 +1300

It seems like no Kiwi holiday is complete without having to stop for sheep. This was on SH85 on our way to St. Bathans (top). The landscape got lonely (mid). The St Bathans Blue Lake (bottom).

Shaun Scott

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:14:12 +1300

Hoopers inlet (Puke-tu-roto), with Otago Harbour in the background. Taken from around Lovers leap/Chasm area on Otago Peninsula.

David Hood

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:04:01 +1300

Teapotland

David Hood

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:03:16 +1300

It was actually out of an airplane window. I go to Christchurch or Wellington 5 or 6 times a year for work. If it is a flight in the sunset period I try quite hard to get a west facing seat. On that vein, Grassmere at sunset

Shaun Scott

Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:13:33 +1300

North Otago
Beautiful colour, shadow and light David.
Where exactly was this taken? You seem to be at a great height . . .

Shaun Scott

Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:23:10 +1300

another one through the binoculars at Aoraki

Shaun Scott

Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:22:14 +1300

taken with my iphone through some cheap binoculars- snow and cloud from the Aoraki/Mt Cook village

Soon Lee

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:10:11 +1300

These lovely pictures are making me want to go dig out the photos from our big South Island holiday to share.

David Hood

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 17:01:13 +1300

Oamaru on a hard-light day

David Hood

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:58:36 +1300

Haast River, along Haast Highway.

David Hood

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:57:28 +1300

Arthur's Pass road (taken from rather than of)

David Hood

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:55:53 +1300

Dunedin Gasworks Museum, a hidden little gem for those that appreciate machinary

Shaun Scott

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:04:11 +1300

Rainbow in Lindis Pass.
This was our first trip through the Lindis, despite having lived in Dunedin for most of my life. It seemed every vantage point up the pass was occupied with people taking photos of this- it was far more spectacular than a photo can do justice.

Shaun Scott

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 15:56:51 +1300

It was a particularly cruel photo for me to take seeing as we weren’t going to let the little diabetic in the back seat take advantage of the bargains!

I am shocked that such cruelty resides in you- have always seemed such a nice man! It looks that you had…

JacksonP

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 13:35:13 +1300

Great photos David Hood and Soon Lee. The southern landscape is a beautiful thing. Cheers.

David Hood

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:39:23 +1300

Lake Wilkie

David Hood

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:38:26 +1300

North Otago

David Hood

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:37:37 +1300

Otago Harbour

David Hood

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:36:42 +1300

Shotover River

David Hood

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:35:30 +1300

Eglington Valley

Soon Lee

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 11:38:38 +1300

Lindis Pass.

Hilary Stace

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 11:03:00 +1300

Queen Charlotte Drive, just a few kilometres from the ferry.

Hilary Stace

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 11:00:44 +1300

Main highway 6 between Nelson and Picton at Pelorus Bridge. Café has good toilets, coffee, home baking, big icecreams and sandflies.

Hilary Stace

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:44:12 +1300

It does not appear to be a command, despite the skull and crossbones flag. The eels seem pretty happy and docile.

Ian Dalziel

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:40:24 +1300

chairs and whips?
I’m just having fun imagining what an 'Eel Tamer’ might look like
and what they would have to do…
and then how they’d approach the rare eel shark

:- )

Hilary Stace

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:32:30 +1300

Collingwood.

Hilary Stace

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:23:00 +1300

Mussel Inn, Onekaka (half way between Takaka and Collingwood).

giovanni tiso

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:14:21 +1300

I particularly loved your photo of the Rainbow confectioney factory, Giovanni. A really vivid shot,. We stopped in there last week, where my daughter felt she scored a bargain getting 2x 500g mixtures for, i think, $5.

It was a particularly cruel photo for me to take seeing as we…

Hilary Stace

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:07:59 +1300

More South Island. Wholemeal Café, Takaka. It's been there for decades in a former theatre.

Shaun Scott

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:01:40 +1300

An earlier stop on our journey from Dunedin was also food related- Evansdale Cheese, on the site of the old Cherry Farm Hospital. Excellent cheese; and a quirky cow ornament for a fiver.

Shaun Scott

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:58:29 +1300

Shaun Scott

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:52:11 +1300

Oturehua cricket scoreboard

David Hood

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:52:53 +1300

maniototo

David Hood

Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:51:59 +1300

The South Island you say? I may have one or two photos to add. Routeburn Track.

Hebe

Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:48:37 +1300

It's interesting to see the sights that capture the attention of someone from "away"; lets me look at home through new eyes.

Nora Leggs

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:50:52 +1300

Such nice pictures, so long since I was in the South Island,

Enjoyed your traveller’s assumptions – the reality is often so far from the story we create.

One on a road.
One from a car – making the mundane a little more interesting.

Hilary Stace

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:38:43 +1300

We went on the Interislander and they were pretty good too providing a priority service, temporary ramp (one of the old ferries) and considerable assistance on both trips.

Rosemary McDonald

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:00:04 +1300

We asked about accessible accommodation at the.....

So did we, gave up asking, and did up the Bus. At least we have an accessible bed and toilet/shower. Occasionally we stay in proper motor camps...and if they claim to be 'wheelchair friendly'...we will test their claim and give feedback (if they…

Hilary Stace

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:14:33 +1300

The Moeraki boulders didn't seem accessible when we tried to get to them a few years ago. There are young fit people who use wheelchairs who are more mobile and some flash outdoorsy wheelchairs that can go places but for an older person in a standard wheelchair even gravel or…

Rosemary McDonald

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:14:47 +1300

Re; inaccessible (or otherwise) tourist spots.

Giovanni has definately captured some of my particular South Island high spots...I'd love to add a few suggestions for his next trip...especially those taken out the window while the other half drives. If Peter could use a camera, he'd capture the view as one…

Soon Lee

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 16:45:10 +1300

My recollection (correct me if I'm wrong as this was some years ago) is that you can still see the pancake rocks (though not all of it) from the wheelchair accessible parts.

giovanni tiso

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:26:45 +1300

most of our outdoor attractions are not wheelchair accessible but one I remember that was are the pancake rocks at Punakaiki which was definitely worth it.

The pancake rocks are only partly accessible. You go around the first few bends on the walkway and then there's a rather grim sign…

Soon Lee

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:18:32 +1300

The Moeraki Boulders cafe up top is a tourist trap IMO but the boulders themselves (once we got to see them up close) were enjoyable.

We visited some years ago (2007?) as part of our South Island holiday*. We rocked up to the cafe parking lot, saw that a chunk…

giovanni tiso

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:11:12 +1300

The Moeraki boulders are not accessible via wheelchair – just saying.

Are you sure? I thought the beach was accessible from the carpark (but not from the cafè directly above).

Hilary Stace

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:50:23 +1300

The Moeraki boulders are not accessible via wheelchair – just saying. So may as well be mythical for many tourists.

JacksonP

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 09:48:17 +1300

Thanks for letting us repost this Gio. I think the photos are worthy of a wider format, and while this is the highest number of images I believe we have posted in one blog, they work well as a narrative.

Your mention of the Robin Morrison book __The South Island…

Public Address

Mon, 19 Jan 2015 09:48:17 +1300

Discussion from blog post.