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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi: Franz Josef & Lake Matheson
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi. Monday, December 29, 2008. Franz Josef and Lake Matheson. Franz Josef Glacier is one of only two glaciers in the world that terminate in rainforest. It catches about 30 meters of snow in its neve (bowl, or catchment area) each year and descends steeply toward the sea. Franz Josef travels about ten times faster than most of the world's valley glaciers because of the gradient and water running beneath it. Who says Kiwis can't fly? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Slide...
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi: Lake Tekapo
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi. Sunday, December 28, 2008. Kirwin and I cleverly managed to drive while it was raining and stop at our next destination just before the rain caught up with us. Once again we look north at some stormy weather, but here in Tekapo township it is warm and dry. The english translation for Tekapo is roughly. Tekapo is located beside Mt John which in 2009 will become the first ever World Heritage Starlight Reserve. The Mount John Observatory. The pretty pink and purple flowers...
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi: Kaikoura
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi. Saturday, December 27, 2008. The plan, in a nutshell is to drive down the east coast of the South Island as far as Christchurch, and then head inland down to Queenstown before working our way back to Picton via the West Coast (another of those uncreative location names inherited from Captain Cook). Our first stop is at a place called Kaikoura. It is a Maori name that roughly translates into English as. Labels: Kaikoura Crayfish Whale Dolphin Seal. Zonk on Queen Mary 2.
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi: Punakaiki (a.k.a. Pancake Rocks)
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi. Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Punakaiki (a.k.a. Pancake Rocks). Is a Maori word created by transliteration of the English word. The rocks on this peninsula are a geological phenomenon in which layers of limestone and softer mud were layered, thrust upward by earthquake, and then the softer layers eroded away creating rock formations that look like a stack of pancakes. Thus the name. A few minutes north of Punakaiki is the 30min Truman Walk, which leads through native bush...
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi: Mt Sunday (a.k.a. Edoras)
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi. Sunday, December 28, 2008. Mt Sunday (a.k.a. Edoras). Mt Sunday's biggest claim to fame is as the setting for Edoras in Peter Jackson's. Lord of the Rings. Movies, specifically "The Two Towers" and "Return of the King". Kirwin was a bit miffed that it was a drizzly day when we got there and now nobody will believe us that the scenery really wasn't computer generated. Behind those clouds we promise you there are big mountains! Another interesting fact about the filming of.
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi: T.S.S. Earnslaw & Walter Peak Station
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi. Monday, December 29, 2008. TSS Earnslaw and Walter Peak Station. One of the other really nice things about Queenstown is the T.S.S. Earnslaw, an old steamship built in 1912, the same year as Titanic. Every day she plies the waters of Wakatipu between Queenstown and remote Walter Peak Station carrying supplies and tourists. The Earnslaw is immaculate, lovingly maintained by its owners Real Journeys. The horse treks take about an hour to complete, following a circuit to a...
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi: Denniston Incline
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi. Tuesday, December 30, 2008. Located north of Westport was an engineering marvel in an era when Mt Rochfort Plateau was mined for its coal. The incline was a track and pulley system that sent wagons with around 10-12 tonnes of coal down a steep hill, its weight causing an empty wagon to rise to the top. When the incline ceased operation in 1967, an estimated 12 million tonnes of coal had been shifted down the hill. The road to Denniston Incline is steep and windy, but se...
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi: Cromwell
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi. Sunday, December 28, 2008. This is Kirwin sitting at what used to be known as. A point where the Clutha and Kawarau rivers once met - very handy for the local gold miners back in the 1860s. During the 1970s the area was flooded to form Lake Dunstan as part of establishing a source of hydroelectric power for New Zealand. Some of the old town submerged when the lake formed. As part of the project the new town of Cromwell. Which sells delicious preserves and bakery items.
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi: Lake Hawea & Haast Pass
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi. Monday, December 29, 2008. Lake Hawea and Haast Pass. Kirwin reckons this is the best photo anybody's ever taken of him. It was taken at a roadside rest stop on State Highway 6 (SH6) just before the road bends away from Lake Hawea (pictured) westward toward Lake Wanaka. Means something completely different in NZ. Walk a couple of meters into NZ bush and you are likely to lose sight of the track as the forest is so dense. To help you plan yor trip. Zonk on Queen Mary 2.
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi: West Coast
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The Adventures of Kirwin the Kiwi. Monday, December 29, 2008. The West Coast is an imaginatively named region of the South Island that is about 600km in length, running from Kahurangi National Park in the north, to Fjordland in the south along - surprise, surprise - the west coast. The area has spectacular views of rugged coastline, snow-capped mountains, dense rainforest or any combination thereof. Kirwin says he knows a cute little Kiwi chick named Rowina. Living just out of Okarito. NZ Video by Zonk.