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New Zealand
A Quiet Day in Nelson
Because we have two days here in Nelson, we deliberately kept our start to the day slow and relaxed. We were still in our hotel room at 10.30 am before leaving for a day of looking around this area of the northern South Island. We thought that we should put the car through a car […]
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New Zealand
The Marlborough Area of New Zealand
Kaikōura where we have spent last night began as an isolated whaling location. Whalers first came to New Zealand waters in 1792, initially to hunt sperm whales from their ships. Shore whaling began in the 1820s. Southern right whales were killed and their blubber rended down. The oil produced from that process was used to […]
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New Zealand
We are Back on the East Coast
After a nice night in the little town of Hanmer Springs, we were on the road before 10.00 am for a relatively short drive to Kaikoura on the east coast. Google Maps told us that today’s trip would be less than two hours so we didn’t rush and instead, built in some detours. For the […]
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