New Zealand TeAnua Milford Sound

Beautiful drive from Invercargill to TeAnua. Coast and Mountains. Cabin on big caravan park. Reception advised numbers were well down as Chinese could not come because of Corona Virus.
One day drive to Milford Sound and back was magic.
2 days later the road was closed by flooding.

New Zealand-Invercargill, Bert Munro

Visit ED Hayes hardware shop. Big shop with lovely staff and the story of Bert Munro. In his 60s on a 1920 Indian motor bike he set world land speed record for this size of bike. Visited local Beach where Bert used to ride his bike.
Cray boiled for 15 minutes and divine

Bert Munro world speed record bike

New Zealand Invercargill, Bluff

4 hour drive from Dunedin to Invercargill via Caitlins. Lots of rain and not great views from car.
Stayed at Genuine Kiwi Experience a superb bed and breakfast run by Chris.
Buying a bottle of Pinot in Liquorland and Debz the manager gave us a Cray her hubby had got that morning.

 Great walk at Bluff and view across to Stewart Island.

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Stewart Island to the south

New Zealand Oamaru, Dunedin

Jetstar Melbourne to Christchurch. Arrived 5.30am so walked 3.5km to Hitch Car Hire. Picked up old Mitsubishi Outlander 4 wheel drive. Great car put petrol consumption and fuel price led to big petrol bills.
First stop Oamaru and Red Kettle backpackers. Steam Punk HQ was wonderful and town a nice old place.

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In Steam Punk HQ

On to Dunedin via Moreki Boulders. Lots of victorian and Edwardian buildings, eating places and a train station. Otago peninsula beautiful.

Dunedin station

Dunedin school

Otago peninsula royal albatross headland

Bendigo Altona Xmas 2019

Federation Square Xmas tree

Bendigo xmas hot and lovely

Xmas Eve dinner

Xmas day at the Buddhist temple

Maldon gold dredge

Xmas decorations near Maldon

Altona race horse

Smoke from bush fires at Altona. Horrible

Altona ford

Altona pier. The fish was thrown back after this.

Brisbane,Gold Coast and Canberra 2019

Brisbane beach on the river

Brisbane boab

Near the Brisbane Beach

Surfers Paradise Gold Coast

Lizard visiting our room

Chevron Island

View from our room on top floor of Chateau Beachside

Port Macquarie beach

Taree after the recent bush fire

Good to see Bernard in Canberra. 

A day without smoke. The next day was hot and smoky and luckily we could get out

Holbrook submarine

Very hot driving Canberra to Melbourne. Too much smoke from bush fires