Is schon ein Randl her, seit ich die letzten Bilder reingestellt habe (Jänner nämlich). Mittlerweile haben sich also schon wieder einige angesammelt. Fangen wir damit an, was sich in und um Dunedin getan hat.
Trip to Mosgiel
Saturday, 12 May 2012
What has been going on in and around Dunedin Jan - Apr
It's been quite a while since I last posted some new pictures (January, actually). So we've got quite a few new ones by now. Let's start with what has been happening in and around Dunedin.
Is schon ein Randl her, seit ich die letzten Bilder reingestellt habe (Jänner nämlich). Mittlerweile haben sich also schon wieder einige angesammelt. Fangen wir damit an, was sich in und um Dunedin getan hat.
Hydrangeas in Port Chalmers
Sailing in Macandrew Bay
Sangria-Party
Trip to Mosgiel
ANZAC day
Is schon ein Randl her, seit ich die letzten Bilder reingestellt habe (Jänner nämlich). Mittlerweile haben sich also schon wieder einige angesammelt. Fangen wir damit an, was sich in und um Dunedin getan hat.
Trip to Mosgiel
Friday, 13 January 2012
Visitors from Austria!!!
THANK YOU ALL - IT WAS AMAZING! WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE YOU SOON AGAIN AND TO OUR FUTURE VISITORS!
Visit from Gerti and Karl
Tom's aunt Gerti and her partner Karl started the visitor's season when they came for the first weekend in December. Together we explored Tunnel Beach, and "climbed" Mount Cargill. Thanks for the visit and it was a pleasure catching up and hearing from your travels in the Pacific!
Meeting Monika, Alfred, Cornelia and Herbert in Rotorua
Mid december we "hoped" to the North Island to catch up with Tom's sister Monika, her partner Alfred, and their friends and travel-companions Cornelia and Herbert in Rotorua. After a happy reunion we took a bath in Keronsene Creek (around 38°C) and exchanged the latest news while sipping wine! The next day we went to Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, an array of hot lakes in all colours. For the evening we had booked a traditional Maori dinner and show, and finally encountered mass tourism in NZ! A little crazy a busdriver brought us to the Maori village where we (and about 150 other people) were greeted to their village and could then see some of their traditions as well as singing and dancing. Afterwards a "Hangi" meal followed, which is meat and vegetables cooked in an earth oven. Unfortunately the quality of this hangi was rather bad, and we couldn't really enjoy it. While Alfred got then really fascinated by the singing of one of the guides - Sunny - Monika found it rather sickening ;)
What we had not expected: the most bizarre part was only to come on the bus drive home! Our guide was apparently also a passionate singer so she got us all to sing "The wheels on the bus go round and round" while clapping her hands above her head. Yes, while she was driving the bus. And to put more emphasis on the "round and round" she went about 5 rounds in the round-about. With a 50-seater bus. When we already thought that can't get any crazier, the bus driver wanted to have every nation on bord to sing a song from their country. Since we refused to sing, all the (drunken?, 50-60 year old) Canadiens and Australians started to sing for us: "Edelweiss" from the Sound of Music - assuming that that's something like our national anthem.
Well this was a worthy end of our trip because the next day we already headed back home to Dunedin to prepare for our guests!
Monika, Alfred, Cornelia and Herbert in Dunedin
On the 23rd of December we could finally welcome or guests in Dunedin! After half a year of planning from Tom's side we were happy to show Monika, Alfred, Cornelia and Herbert our new home town and surroundings! On the program: Otago peninsula with Sandfly beach (penguin, sea lions) and Taiaroa head (royal albatrosses and seagulls with diarrhea), then Moreaki boulders (big, round stones on a beach), Christmas-BBQ on Tunnel beach (with playing volleyball and frisbee, "swimming" in the sea). Afterwards we had our more traditional Christmasparty around our Christmas tree (a very unique piece), singing "Silent Night", unwrapping presents and talking to our families on Skype. At midnight we went to church.
Otago Rail Trail with Monika, Alfred, Cornelia and Herbert
After Christmas we went to Central Otago with our guests and did the Otago Rail Trail with them. That's a bike route on a former train trail, where the rails have been removed. We had choosen the downhills part and also stopped at every pub on the way to refresh ourselves so the trip was an optimal opportunity to talk and chat. We also felt how much influence the sea and its winds have on the temperature - here it was really, really hot! On our last day we had planned to cruise from winery to winery in Alexendra, but apparently they were on X-mas holidays too. In the end we found some open ones and enjoyed some pinot noirs and others.
After those happy days the sad moment of having to say good bye arrived all too quickly and we were sorry to already have to let our guests go. Thank you for your visit - we enjoyed it more than we can say to have you here and spend Christmas with you! We hope we see you soon again in person, but sooner even on Skype!
Matthäus and Theresa in Dunedin
Only a day after a hard good-bye to Monika, Alfred, Cornelia and Herbert, we could already welcome our next visitors: Matthäus and Theresa! We spent a couple of days - and also New Years Eve - in Dunedin and explored it and its surroundings!
South Island Trip with Matthäus and Theresa
We started the new year with a South Island-trip with Matthäus and Theresa - Queenstown - Franz Josephs Glacier - Punakaiki - Abel Tasman National Park - Queen Charlotte Sounds! Thanks for the awesome time and enjoy the rest of your trip on the North Island and Sydney and travel home safe!
Visit from Gerti and KarlTom's aunt Gerti and her partner Karl started the visitor's season when they came for the first weekend in December. Together we explored Tunnel Beach, and "climbed" Mount Cargill. Thanks for the visit and it was a pleasure catching up and hearing from your travels in the Pacific!
Mid december we "hoped" to the North Island to catch up with Tom's sister Monika, her partner Alfred, and their friends and travel-companions Cornelia and Herbert in Rotorua. After a happy reunion we took a bath in Keronsene Creek (around 38°C) and exchanged the latest news while sipping wine! The next day we went to Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, an array of hot lakes in all colours. For the evening we had booked a traditional Maori dinner and show, and finally encountered mass tourism in NZ! A little crazy a busdriver brought us to the Maori village where we (and about 150 other people) were greeted to their village and could then see some of their traditions as well as singing and dancing. Afterwards a "Hangi" meal followed, which is meat and vegetables cooked in an earth oven. Unfortunately the quality of this hangi was rather bad, and we couldn't really enjoy it. While Alfred got then really fascinated by the singing of one of the guides - Sunny - Monika found it rather sickening ;)
What we had not expected: the most bizarre part was only to come on the bus drive home! Our guide was apparently also a passionate singer so she got us all to sing "The wheels on the bus go round and round" while clapping her hands above her head. Yes, while she was driving the bus. And to put more emphasis on the "round and round" she went about 5 rounds in the round-about. With a 50-seater bus. When we already thought that can't get any crazier, the bus driver wanted to have every nation on bord to sing a song from their country. Since we refused to sing, all the (drunken?, 50-60 year old) Canadiens and Australians started to sing for us: "Edelweiss" from the Sound of Music - assuming that that's something like our national anthem.
Well this was a worthy end of our trip because the next day we already headed back home to Dunedin to prepare for our guests!
On the 23rd of December we could finally welcome or guests in Dunedin! After half a year of planning from Tom's side we were happy to show Monika, Alfred, Cornelia and Herbert our new home town and surroundings! On the program: Otago peninsula with Sandfly beach (penguin, sea lions) and Taiaroa head (royal albatrosses and seagulls with diarrhea), then Moreaki boulders (big, round stones on a beach), Christmas-BBQ on Tunnel beach (with playing volleyball and frisbee, "swimming" in the sea). Afterwards we had our more traditional Christmasparty around our Christmas tree (a very unique piece), singing "Silent Night", unwrapping presents and talking to our families on Skype. At midnight we went to church.
After Christmas we went to Central Otago with our guests and did the Otago Rail Trail with them. That's a bike route on a former train trail, where the rails have been removed. We had choosen the downhills part and also stopped at every pub on the way to refresh ourselves so the trip was an optimal opportunity to talk and chat. We also felt how much influence the sea and its winds have on the temperature - here it was really, really hot! On our last day we had planned to cruise from winery to winery in Alexendra, but apparently they were on X-mas holidays too. In the end we found some open ones and enjoyed some pinot noirs and others.
After those happy days the sad moment of having to say good bye arrived all too quickly and we were sorry to already have to let our guests go. Thank you for your visit - we enjoyed it more than we can say to have you here and spend Christmas with you! We hope we see you soon again in person, but sooner even on Skype!
Only a day after a hard good-bye to Monika, Alfred, Cornelia and Herbert, we could already welcome our next visitors: Matthäus and Theresa! We spent a couple of days - and also New Years Eve - in Dunedin and explored it and its surroundings!
We started the new year with a South Island-trip with Matthäus and Theresa - Queenstown - Franz Josephs Glacier - Punakaiki - Abel Tasman National Park - Queen Charlotte Sounds! Thanks for the awesome time and enjoy the rest of your trip on the North Island and Sydney and travel home safe!
Dunedin in Summer
Windy Dunedin
The weather in Dunedin isn't always as good as our visitors might think, but this was actually a really really windy day and we had a look at the sea.
Graduation parade
Twice a year it's graduation time in Dunedin, we watched some of the graduates who have just finished their studies, parading through the city to their ceremony.
The weather in Dunedin isn't always as good as our visitors might think, but this was actually a really really windy day and we had a look at the sea.
Graduation parade
Twice a year it's graduation time in Dunedin, we watched some of the graduates who have just finished their studies, parading through the city to their ceremony.
Tom's visit of the Antarctica Center in Christchurch
PHOTOS
Oz trip - Whitsundays
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Water activities
We did a 2 day surfing course from the Uni's recreation center. The water was freezing cold, but we actually really enjoyed it - "Wasserratte" Tom obviously the most!
Another watersport was tested by us via a course of the uni's recreation centre: Sailing! It was a great experience which we will repeat for sure ... at one with the wind! :)
Tom went with some guys from work to dive for "Paua" for dinner - and successfully brought home several of those mussel-like shells.
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