17 Nov Mon
InterCity Bus departure from Queenstown at 6:55AM,
3 hours drive for Invercargill.
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| At the crossing Tay St. and Dee St. Invercargill town central is a bit far away from long distance Bus station which is near i site and Queens Park, walked about 15 min to get to main accommodations in town. It was hard to carry my heavy suitcase to find my hotel. |
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| Accommodation Invercargill Apartment Hotel |
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| main street |
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| this Starbucks coffee is a bit famous because... |
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| You can see this plate on the wall. I missed the world's northernmost Mcdonald in Russia, instead of that, I was happy to reach here. |
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| bought a tumbler as a souvenir. |
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| It's huge. there are many gardens and animals. |
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| Visited Southland Museum and saw some TUATARA. Henry is over 100 years old male tuatara. |
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| winter garden house in Queens Park. |
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| Animal Park in Queens Park. Free entrance. I really enjoyed a couple of hours here. |
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| this is Water Tower, built in 1889.Victorian style. |
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| First Church |
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| Civic Theatre 1906 |
Day 9
18 Nov Tue
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| St Mary's Basilica 1905 |
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| Sunny in the morning. our ferry departed from Bluff port which is 27km away from Invercargill by bus. It took 1 hour by Ferry. |
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| Arrived at Stewart Island which is 32km southwest of South Island NZ. The Foveaux Strait was so rough, glad I survived.. |
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| Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island |
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| joined an Island Village and Bays Tour. It was getting gray weather... |
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| old public phone on the tree. very interesting looking. |
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| OBAN is an old name of Halfmoon Bay. sounds familiar to Oban of Scotland. |
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| back in Bluff port. I got pale complexion,but just survived. |
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| I found a brewery in Invercargill, that made me so happy after the hard ferry trip. I had some beer tasting and bought some souvenir and a bottle of beer. |
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| I Love BREWERY ! |
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| got some T-shirts and a bottle of IPA. |
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| at hotel. Taste so good. 1.25L $11.20 excellent ! |
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