Saturday 23 February 2013

Day 31 Te Anau

Takehe
Kea
It started off cloudy but eventually the sun came out for another dry day.  We consider ourselves to have been very fortunate with the weather - we have been told it rains for 200 days each year on the west coast.  This morning we went to a nature reserve and saw Takehes (only 250 left in the world) and a parrot called Kea (only 5000 in the world).  They are operating programmes to build the populations up. 
In the afternoon we took a boat trip across the lake and went down some caves and observed some glow worms in complete darkness.  The whole trip was well organised and it was an interesting experience.  Some of the surrounding mountains still have snow on them.

 Tomorrow we are off to Doubtful Sound for an overnight boat cruise and so there won't be a blog until at least the day after that - we will enjoy our cruise and let you know if we see any dolphins, penguins and albatrosses.
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  1. Anonymous23 February 2013 at 11:57

    Albatrosses, now they are special and different, bringing back memories of school poetry and the Ancient Mariner. Hope the penguins live up to Christine's anticipation!
    Love Alan and Heath.

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  2. Anonymous24 February 2013 at 11:15

    Fingers crossed you will get to see the penguins and dolphins. We are very much reading all about your travels especially loving the photos. We are very jealous!! Love Carolyn and Rich xxx

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