Jack and Niamh's Sabbatical Adventures

Queenstown to Oamaru

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Niamh Broderick

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Jack with fantail falls
Excellent lenticular cloud over Queenstown
View from the wineries cycle
Jack being infuriatingly a lot fitter than Kelly and I was always in front and waiting a lot

After Queenstown we took a trip to the dark sky reserve further north at Lake Poaka. We had a perfectly clear night with no moon – the milky way was indescribable, so amazing! No pictures of the stars cause they all look crap in comparison to the real thing, but the campsite was excellent

From Lake Poaka we went to Oamaru specifically to see the little blue penguin colony (https://www.penguins.co.nz/) where you can watch their arrival home after a day of fishing. So cute and definitely worth the trip to Kelly’s least favourite town in NZ 😂

Jack coincidentally suggested we get coffee in Kurow and then took me to see this sign 😂
Oamaru has a cute Victorian district
Moments before disaster
So many cormorants on this disused pier
Getting excited
Getting more excited
Unbothered seal which slept through the entire penguin arrival including announcements over loudspeakers 😂
No filming during the arrival but these penguins were first to arrive before dusk. Bonus baby seal cub included!

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