Have been doing a lot of bird watching, even though there are not nearly enough of them due to the introduced possums and stoats - all this bush and forest and not much birdsong. The Tui above is NZ's talisman bird along with the lovely bell bird - that surprisingly enough, sounds like a bell! Probably clocked most of the common species but hope to see a few more unusual ones in Stewart Island at New Year.
Would you believe, out of the very few Brits we have encountered (loads of other Europeans - mainly German) we met yet another couple from Kendal - Tina and Richard. She works at Banardos near Brockhole. They stayed a few days with us at Motueka YHA just near Abel Tasman NP last week.
And couldn't resist stopping off here - a lovely beach area in the north in Golden Bay area - there was even a Kendal Road there (only about 10 houses in Milnthorpe) so obviously an immigrant from around our parts:
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