This post is part of a series called South Island Driving Tour The longest single drive of the trip, I travelled south from Oamaru and stopped at Moeraki to have a look at the famous Moeraki Boulders (large spherical mudstone concretions formed by erosion). From there I continued south through Palmerston and Dunedin, Milton then…
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This post is part of a series called South Island Driving Tour I had a bit of an issue with the dashcam recording on this one so the first part of the trip is missing. I detoured from the motel to head past my alma mater – Lincoln University. It’s been over 20 years since…
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This post is part of a series called South Island Driving Tour Beginning the first leg of the South Island portion of the trip meant leaving Picton and heading to Blenheim, then out to the eastern coast and south. Lunch was in Kaikoura, as well as a walk on the rocky beach and some photo…
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This post is part of a series called South Island Driving Tour Leaving the motel at 8:30am, this was to be one of the longer legs of the trip. I stopped in Bulls for an early lunch at a local bakery then headed on to Wellington, arriving at about 2pm. A bit of a wait…
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This post is part of a series called South Island Driving Tour The first leg of the South Island journey begins with the Auckland to Taupo drive. I mostly focused on the drive itself here with few stops. This was so I could get a feel for what the next 10 days would be like…
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