Drink more (New Years Eve)!
Travel more (Stewart Island)!
But not on this boat (Ferry to SI)
Stewart Island was a great place for birds (well, Ulva Island, just off SI was), lovely little beaches and bush walking - but the 1 hour ferry crossings are not to be recommended - thank god for Stugeron, I say!
Our cottage was great - if it was 1970! Shelia's look says it all - the 2 gas rings and microwave weren't really what she was hoping for with all her great culinary skills - so we had to cope with eating out for the 3 other nights - easier said than done!
They use to say NZ was 30 years behind the UK (not any more) - but SI certainly is! Four places to eat - 2 of which had closed down - a brilliant fish & chip cart, good hotel for NY Eve + 1 grocery shop and a couple of arts and crafts shacks - and that's it. If you aren't interested in birds or fishing - then give it a miss!
We walked 4-5 hours a day and avoided most of the squally showers - but we wore all the fleeces and clothes that we would have been wearing back in the UK. An experience indeed!
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