Yesterday we had a windy but sunny morning in Dunedin which was perfect as we were at the Albatross centre and were able to see not only a nesting bird a few feet away from the hide but four birds soaring around us ...magnificent.
We had a longish drive over to Te Anau people had said it is like driving in the 1950s...well we were not driving then but the roads are very quiet. Motorways are few and far between and are more like a quiet dual carriage way.
Other things seem quite dated too...I am certainly no fan of 24 hour shopping but it a shock to the system when you drive into a market town at 6pm and everything is closed. Other differences include fabric shops and Christian bookshops on every highstreet.
It is 10pm and cool but we are sat outside, today was our Doubtful Sound boat trip with clearskies we could see the tops of snow capped peaks. When they stopped the boat engines so all you could hear was the calls of birds, the waterfalls and the deep silence it waswonderful.
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