New Zealand
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Day 472 – Carters Beach, Cape Foulwind, Punakaiki, Greymouth, Kokatahi & Hokitika
We grab a coffee from Donaldo’s and then have a nose at the aptly named Carters Beach in Carters Beach before reaching Cape Foulwind Here is a colony of NZ seals which has a walkway to take you to a viewpoint of them where you’re well out of their way – there are so many…
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Day 471 – Christchurch, Hanmer Springs, Lewis Pass & Westport
10 am check out gets us up and about wandering to find somewhere open for coffee and breakfast this morning Coffee Lovers Cafe is very busy but we do manage to eventually get served our first meal of the year After, we grab a coffee from Rollickin Gelato and then get the car We have…
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Day 470 – Timaru, Rakaia & Christchurch
After checking out of the Airbnb, we go to Black & White Coffee Cartel for a couple coffees and muffins for breakfast Needing lots of fuel today, we also collect a to-go coffee each from Café at The Complex To split up the drive a little, we stretch our legs at Rakaia to see the…
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Day 469 – Arrowtown, Wānaka & Timaru
Where we’re staying has a coffee machine so we get to have a nice coffee before getting up and out To try and get on with our day, which is set to be a high mileage one, we drive straight to Arrowtown Here, we park and walk up and down the three main streets of…
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Day 468 – Kingston, Devil’s Staircase, Frankton, Glenorchy, Jack’s Point& Queenstown
Coffee, as always, is first on the agenda today: we head over to Kingston Flyer Cafe and Bar and find the steam train is in position and steaming! We have a takeaway coffee while we wait for the train to set off for it’s morning trip (it only operates on Sundays but sold out for us…
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Day 467 – Te Anau & Kingston
Breakfast and nice coffee come included in our accommodation with check out also being a little later than usual which is a nice treat Once out, we drive round to Lake Te Anau’s hydro dam Control Gates which is the start of another walk on the Kepler Track Another example where every man and his…
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Day 466 – Bluff, Invercargill, Orepuki, Clifden, Manapouri & Te Anau
By 10 am, we’re checked out and packed up; we head straight for Stirling Point There’s a famous sign pointing to international locations with all of their distances from this point in Bluff We grab a coffee in Oyster Cove and then drive round to Bluff Hill Lookout, which provides a nice 360° view Up…
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Day 465 – Dunedin, Catlins Forest Park, Curio Bay, Niagara & Invercargill
The day starts with heading north to grab some breakfast from New World Gardens This is very nearby to Baldwin Street – The Steepest Street in the World with a maximum slope of 19° (35%) We get on the road after this including having a brief stop along the way to pick up lunch components…
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Day 464 – Christmas in Dunedin
IT’S CHRISTMAS!! We wake up to have a coffee and a mince pie in the room and get ready pretty snappy for a call with some family Around 11 am, we get out and wander round that centre of Dunedin in search of a proper coffee Sadly, it seems literally everywhere has shut for the…
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Day 463 – Moeraki, Shag Point, Otago Peninsula & Dunedin
We pack up and get out of our little accommodation in Oamaru and pop to McDonalds for a quick breakfast First stop for our tour today is to Moeraki Boulders Beach; there’s a little gift shop where we grab a coffee for our wandering These boulders are grey-coloured septarian concretions, which consist of mud, fine silt…