Elderhostel
New Zealand: Land of Geysers and Greenstone
January 2009
South Island
Prof. Tom Brooking tells us of
"Dunedin and its Scottish Settlement"
the fire escape on our Dunedin hotel
toured the University of Otago
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learned about the Albatross at the Albatross Center
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explained the big gun at Fort Taiaroa
meat pie and drink for our $10 lunch
bird colony viewing on Taiaroa head
visited Purakaunui Falls
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box lunch along the way
viewed the ocean
met John and Joan Hopcroft, our host family
viewed their 64 cow rotary milking stand
John explaining the dairy business
short walk on the Kepler Tract
guided tour of the Glowworm Caves
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Ray Willett gives his
"Milford Track Memories"
picking up our box lunches for the Doubtful Sound adventure
Dave Kerr with the Captain on the boat
back on the boat
went to the Fiordland Cinema
Dr. Trevor Chinn tells about
"Glaciology and Climate Change in South Island, New Zealand"
Nurse Louise attending to Richard's Boo-Boo
aboard the TSS Earnslaw
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approaching the Walter Peak Station
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feeding the sheep
preparing to sheer the sheep
got "The Big Picture"
Photos of Arrowtown Bungy Jumping Wanaka
another box lunch on the beach
coming back from the glacier
Photos of Fox Glacier Franz Joseph Glacier
Franz Joseph Glacier by Helicopter town of Franz Joseph
Lamb Shank dinner
my favorite food taste of the whole program
Greenstone in Greymouth
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aboard the TransAlpine Express to Christchurch
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Baden Norris provided a talk and
acted as a guide to the
Antarctic Exhibit of the Canterbury Museum
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the controversial "undercooked"
fish lunch
at Annie's Wine Bar
Margaret Copland as an Anglican Immigrant
Margaret Copland as a Catholic Immigrant
visited Lincoln University
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Banks Peninsula
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Lindsay Johnson
showing the clothing necessary for an interior Antarctic visit at the
International Antarctic Center
meeting the Blue Eyed Penguin
saying Goodbye to Doug Frost, our bus driver
farewell to New Zealand
