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I went to a place called Cape Foulwind this morning, on the northwest coast of the South Island. Ironically, it’s the only place in all of New Zealand that I’ve been to, so far, where the air was utterly calm and still. Mostly, it’s been extremely windy – perhaps the tailing effects of the giant cyclone storm that is currently planning to harass my mother up in northern Queensland. I just missed it.
Here are some pictures from yesterday and today.
New Zealand’s parliament building, in Wellington. Called the “Beehive.”
A view from the ferry.
Here is the Marlborough Wine Country of the northeasternmost part of the South Island.
Here is a very nice looking car parked next to my little Hyundai rental car, in front of the motel where I stayed at last night.
The avian du jour.
The view looking north at Cape Foulwind.
And looking west across the Tasman Sea. Maybe toward Tasmania – or am I too far south already?
A place I stopped called Punakaiki.
