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On February 21st, I left Balcultha to drive the rest of the Scenic Route to Invercargill. I made three stops along the way (other than about a dozen "Oooh, pretty!" *swerves to side of road to take picture out window* stops). These were at Nugget Point for a short hike to a lighthouse, Tunnel Road to see 250m railway tunnel excavated by hand, and ( Read more... )

On February 20th, I drove from Oamaru to Dunedin. It was raining when I woke up in the morning, and as it turned out, it would continue to rain continuously until Tuesday... like "windshield wipers on high all the time" raining. Obviously this put a bit of a... damper... on any outdoor activities. But on the up side, raindrops on plants are ( Read more... )