{"id":8670,"date":"2025-05-19T19:24:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T19:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/?p=8670"},"modified":"2025-05-25T19:01:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T19:01:42","slug":"sea-oamaru-dunedin-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/sea-oamaru-dunedin-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Oamaru and Dunedin, New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8670\" class=\"elementor elementor-8670\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-851395a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"851395a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-640abdf\" data-id=\"640abdf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3d9792 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3d9792\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From Mt. Cook we continued our journey to the small town of Oamaru. The main reason for this stop was the colony of blue penguins that live there, which we wanted to see. Unfortunately, all the closer viewing areas were already booked, so we decided to postpone our visit to the penguins until the next day. Instead, the kids went to the playground next to the campsite, and after that we went for a short walk together in the city centre. The tour was short mainly because the city is small, with only about 14 000 inhabitants, so the downtown area is pretty small. Later we headed back to the campsite, and spent the rest of the hot day there. On kids\u2019 request we made pancakes for dinner.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-98b64c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"98b64c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6402907\" data-id=\"6402907\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fda2e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1fda2e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_173121-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230308_173121\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY3MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvMjAyMzAzMDhfMTczMTIxLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_173121-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1670\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_173121-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_173121-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_173121-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_173121-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_173121-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Family swing<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b05e18\" data-id=\"9b05e18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a94da3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a94da3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_155434-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230308_155434\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYzOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvMjAyMzAzMDhfMTU1NDM0LXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_155434-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1638\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_155434-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_155434-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_155434-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_155434-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_155434-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The kids had to eat one pancake with minced meat filling before the children got the Nutella pancakes they wanted.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0eaff39\" data-id=\"0eaff39\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b30e057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b30e057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230307_210623-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230307_210623\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYzNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvMjAyMzAzMDdfMjEwNjIzLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230307_210623-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1637\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230307_210623-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230307_210623-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230307_210623-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230307_210623-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230307_210623-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">When it comes to doing dishes, there is a job for everyone: washing up, rinsing, drying or putting away the dishes.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c22b73b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c22b73b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0fe7e9c\" data-id=\"0fe7e9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1f8e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d1f8e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On Thursday, we went for a visit to the local cheese factory. White Stone Cheese Factory claims to be the most popular cheese factory in the country. They even had a newspaper article about it to show us. If it is true or not, we don\u2019t know, but at least the cheeses we tasted there were all excellent. Before we got to the tasting stage though, we took a tour around the factory. We couldn\u2019t get into the actual production areas for hygiene reasons but we could observe the process through large glass windows instead. During our visit, both Brie and Camembert cheeses were being made at the factory. When our guide found out that Risto didn\u2019t like cheese at all, he did everything he could to convert the little man into a cheese lover. But the attempt failed. Risto still doesn\u2019t like cheese.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbc1485 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbc1485\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-415795f\" data-id=\"415795f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d909f19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d909f19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_102947-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230309_102947\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTYzOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvMjAyMzAzMDlfMTAyOTQ3LXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_102947-956x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1639\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_102947-956x1024.jpg 956w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_102947-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_102947-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_102947-1434x1536.jpg 1434w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_102947-1912x2048.jpg 1912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Cheese curds being whisked<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9707fbf\" data-id=\"9707fbf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfd11d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cfd11d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_103154-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230309_103154\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY0MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvMjAyMzAzMDlfMTAzMTU0LXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_103154-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1641\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_103154-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_103154-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_103154-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_103154-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_103154-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_103154-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">In the foreground are cheese curds. In the background the salt basin is being washed where the blue cheese curds were swirled before being stored for the first time.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-610741b\" data-id=\"610741b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ff3150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ff3150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_104912-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230309_104912\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY0MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvMjAyMzAzMDlfMTA0OTEyLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_104912-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1642\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_104912-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_104912-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_104912-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_104912-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_104912-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Because Brie and Camembert look similar on the outside, they are made in different sizes and shapes to distinguish them from each other.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e1cfe4\" data-id=\"8e1cfe4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37e5724 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"37e5724\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_110116-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_110116-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_110116-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Yummy!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e585580 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e585580\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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Museum is the wrong name for the place, really, because it was such a strange place. It was some kind of combination of sci-fi culture and old steam-powered machines. We entered \u201ca portal\u201d, a 2,5 minute light show in a room lined with mirrors. It was really, really cool! The rest of the exhibition is a matter of opinion. One couple seemed to be chatting amongst themselves that the place looked more like a scrap yard than art. The kids at least had fun touching all the gadgets there. For once, a museum that allows you to touch, not just look.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34809cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34809cb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-441a658\" data-id=\"441a658\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3da06df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3da06df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_181058-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230308_181058\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY2NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvMjAyMzAzMDhfMTgxMDU4LXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_181058-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1666\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_181058-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_181058-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_181058-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_181058-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230308_181058-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Steampunk HQ<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec3842b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec3842b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_115140-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1647\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_115140-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_115140-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_115140-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_115140-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_115140-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d22652e\" data-id=\"d22652e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1df7434 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1df7434\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_120852-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230309_120852\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY0OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvMjAyMzAzMDlfMTIwODUyLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_120852-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1648\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_120852-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_120852-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_120852-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_120852-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_120852-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d991e97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d991e97\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8587c8c\" data-id=\"8587c8c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b26e6db elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"b26e6db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_120020_1.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4adf158 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4adf158\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2775fe7\" data-id=\"2775fe7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f57ac8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2f57ac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230309_115334.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9439b91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9439b91\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25d1499\" data-id=\"25d1499\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a2a3fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a2a3fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From the museum we drove to an aquatic centre near the campsite. It wasn\u2019t huge, but we spent quite a while there nevertheless. A group of maybe pre-schoolers came to the children\u2019s pool for a swimming lesson, and our kids played with them for a good while. At the end we dipped ourselves into the spa pools. You couldn\u2019t stay there for very long, because they were really hot. So the lack of a sauna didn\u2019t matter.<\/p><p>In the evening we went to see the blue penguins. They are the smallest of the 18 penguin species in the world. An adult penguin is only 30cm tall and weighs about a kilo. Except when they go through the moult. To do this, the penguins have to gain weight to survive without food for about 20 days in their nests, which is the time the moulting approximately takes. We saw some severely overweight penguins waddling clumsily from the sea towards their nests.<\/p><p>By the time we left the penguin colony, 102 penguins had come back from the sea. We didn\u2019t count them, as it was the job of one of the workers at the site to count the penguins every night. It was after ten o\u2019clock when we arrived back to the campsite. The penguins go out to fish in the morning around 5am, and don\u2019t come back until the sun goes down. At this time of year that meant around 8 o\u2019clock. So for almost two hours we had been sitting in the grand stand quietly watching as the penguins slowly emerged from the rough surf onto the rocks and back to their nests. Being quiet for that long is quite an achievement for both of our children!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4aaa4f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4aaa4f0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80d91bd\" data-id=\"80d91bd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35596f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35596f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_104250-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_104250-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_104250-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">One out of three blue penguins die within the first year of life.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c7b4e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c7b4e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4042-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4042-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4042-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4042-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4042-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A colony of cormorants also lived on the same beach as the fur seals.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a30495d\" data-id=\"a30495d\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A couple of paua shells and mussels that the kids found on the beach.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c688138 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c688138\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfca8e3\" data-id=\"cfca8e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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Moeraki Boulder Beach is famous for its rock formations. They either look like the back of a giant turtle or like dinosaur eggs half buried in the ground. 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size-large wp-image-1661\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_123046-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_123046-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_123046-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_123046-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_123046-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\"It was already broken when I came!\"<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-75a3e78 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75a3e78\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1007368\" data-id=\"1007368\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bbee6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5bbee6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_122757-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230310_122757\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6345e79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6345e79\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3663e85\" data-id=\"3663e85\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7ab656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a7ab656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121800-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230310_121800\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY1NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvMjAyMzAzMTBfMTIxODAwLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121800-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1655\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121800-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121800-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121800-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121800-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121800-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Risto was stranded by the sea.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3f8ceb\" data-id=\"c3f8ceb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a706a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a706a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121918-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230310_121918\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY1NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvMjAyMzAzMTBfMTIxOTE4LXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121918-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1656\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121918-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121918-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121918-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121918-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_121918-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The same happened to Ronja.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a877be8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a877be8\" 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This place is also famous for the fur seals that live there. At first it seemed like no one was home, but when we looked closer, there were fur seals lying on the brown rocks all over the place. They just weren\u2019t easy to spot because of their brown colour. We watched them for a while and then drove another hour to the town of Dunedin. Before parking at the campsite, however, we stopped at a grocery store. We found a Pak\u2019n&#8217;Save supermarket and now we\u2019re well stocked again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70c45ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70c45ac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6391be7\" data-id=\"6391be7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f199ef8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f199ef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_4074\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY3NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvSU1HXzQwNzQtc2NhbGVkLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4074-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1677\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4074-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4074-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4074-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4074-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4074-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ed355c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ed355c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d91f758\" data-id=\"d91f758\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cfbf30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9cfbf30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_134933-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230310_134933\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY2MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvMjAyMzAzMTBfMTM0OTMzLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_134933-760x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1663\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_134933-760x1024.jpg 760w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_134933-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_134933-768x1034.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_134933-1141x1536.jpg 1141w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_134933-1521x2048.jpg 1521w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_134933-scaled.jpg 1901w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">This one had managed to climb a high cliff. (And I'm not talking about the photographer.)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21a4f06 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21a4f06\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24940a7\" data-id=\"24940a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f17619b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f17619b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_151640-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"20230310_151640\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY2NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvMjAyMzAzMTBfMTUxNjQwLXNjYWxlZC5qcGcifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_151640-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1664\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_151640-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_151640-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_151640-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_151640-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/20230310_151640-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Our favourite food shop in New Zealand.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e527c8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e527c8f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1bdad2\" data-id=\"d1bdad2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f587dca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f587dca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On Saturday morning we went to the Royal Albatross Centre near Dunedin. This is the only place where albatrosses come to nest on the mainland. Usually they nest on the small islands off the coast. Apparently the wind conditions are good for albatrosses, and around 1% of all the Royal Albatrosses have chosen to nest here.<\/p><p>We were first shown a video about albatrosses and then went with our guide to a building on the top of a hill. There we could observe the birds more closely. Next to the building were four nests, each had one chick in them. Albatrosses only lay eggs every two years, and this year 36 albatross chicks had hatched in the centre. Originally there had been a few eggs more, but apparently someone had stolen some of them, as the natural predators do not steal eggs, but break and eat them immediately. Therefore, the case of these missing albatross eggs is even being investigated by the local police.<\/p><p>We also saw adult albatrosses gliding in front of the large glass windows of the observatory. At best we saw four albatrosses in the air at the same time. Their gliding across the sky was a truly impressive sight. We heard that after raising a chick, albatross parents take a year-long parental leave, during which they live alone at sea. So for a year they don\u2019t set foot on dry land at all. Apparently, raising albatross chicks is hard work if the parents need such a lot of time alone before the next chick! At least you have to be constantly on the lookout for food, as the chicks gain weight up to 500 grams per week.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d7132e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d7132e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91e8dc6\" data-id=\"91e8dc6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49120ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49120ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4114-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_4114\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY4MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvSU1HXzQxMTQtc2NhbGVkLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4114-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1683\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4114-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4114-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4114-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4114-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4114-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">We saw four fluffy chicks.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1dc2bdf\" data-id=\"1dc2bdf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f595342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f595342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4111-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_4111\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY4MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvSU1HXzQxMTEtc2NhbGVkLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4111-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1682\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4111-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4111-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4111-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4111-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4111-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">When a chick grows up, both parents have to spend the day foraging for food. So the chick spends that time alone in its nest.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a58bb5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a58bb5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8df9a88\" data-id=\"8df9a88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b7e6e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b7e6e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4109-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_4109\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY4MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvSU1HXzQxMDktc2NhbGVkLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4109-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1681\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4109-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4109-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4109-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4109-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4109-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">An adult albatross has a wingspan of 3m.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9440b55\" data-id=\"9440b55\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-663c738 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"663c738\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4106-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_4106\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY4MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvSU1HXzQxMDYtc2NhbGVkLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4106-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1680\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4106-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4106-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4106-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4106-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4106-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d298aa5\" data-id=\"d298aa5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76e0627 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76e0627\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4099-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_4099\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTY3OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3RyYXZlbHRhbGVzLmFob3Qub25saW5lXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIzXC8wM1wvSU1HXzQwOTktc2NhbGVkLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4099-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1679\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4099-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4099-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4099-768x512.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/traveltales.ahot.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4083-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf4645c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf4645c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca9a44a\" data-id=\"ca9a44a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c84ebe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" 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The road was so narrow in places that you could barely fit two cars side by side. The road was also very winding and with lots of uphills and downhilla. At the beginning of this road there was a traffic sign saying that the road was not suitable for large vehicles. That was absolutely true!<\/p><p>From Dunedin we continued our journey to Invercargill. The journey was a little longer, but with a two-stop tactic we made the trip in just over five hours. The first stop was at Nugget Point Lighthouse. We drove there partly along the Southern Scenic Road. The lighthouse is one of the oldest in New Zealand and is perched high on a promontory. You couldn&#8217;t get all the way to the lighthouse by car, so we had to leave the car in the car park at the bottom, and walk the last kilometre. There were hardly any railings along the walk, although there was a vertical drop from the path down to the water. However, we all made it to the lighthouse and back in one piece.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b586dbd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b586dbd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da4c111\" data-id=\"da4c111\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-428199c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"428199c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Unfortunately, the place was just closing when we arrived, so we had no choice but to set up the camping gear in the parking lot and make some sandwiches. After this stop, we drove the rest of the way to a small campsite right in the centre of Invercargill, where we spent the next night.<\/p><p>In the evening it started to drizzle. After a while, the drizzling turned into a downpour. One of the seals on the side door has been loose throughout our journey, and it hadn\u2019t been a problem before. But now, due to the downpour, water was dripping inside our car. We only noticed this when we were about to spread out the adults\u2019 bed for night. A large section of the mattress on the side where Marko was supposed to sleep was really wet. Marko and the kids went to the kitchen to eat supper, and Jaana stayed in the campervan to blow hot air onto the mattress with our portable heater. This drying process took about half an hour. 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