I’m coming to the end of a 3 week tour of NZ’s South Island with my parents. We’ve had a great time. Every single day we’ve seen something amazing. I could easily retrace the steps of this trip again and still be delighted.

Some highlights have been Curio Bay’s fossilised forest, Nugget Point, Skipper’s Canyon and Aoraki/Mount Cook.

Seals and hawks are everywhere and we’ve seen albatrosses, pukeko, native pigeons, yellow heads, shags, and lots of dead possums. And of course millions of sheep. Actually, I did a calculated estimation and I reckon at the end of the trip we would have seen half a million sheep.

We’re off to Akaroa today for three nights and then I drop the parentals at Christchurch airport and head for the 10.30pm Picton ferry. I don’t have enough internet access to be able to upload all my photos but here’s a cutie.