{"id":733,"date":"2013-06-21T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skeptic.de\/blog.multi\/kiwi4\/?p=733"},"modified":"2025-01-03T18:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T18:38:32","slug":"day-40-thu-mar-14-te-anau-dunedin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leetraynor.com\/blog.multi\/kiwi4\/?p=733","title":{"rendered":"40. Te Anau \u2013 Dunedin"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ben & Lucy, Haddon Place, Dunedin, via airbnb; $49\/night for spacious double bedroom, wifi, shared facilities<\/h5>\n
Thursday, March 14: Sunny and windy along the road with cloud increasing towards evening, quite a hot day<\/h5>\n
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Go back! Wong Way, Te Anau<\/p><\/div>\n

Everything repacked quite nicely and I was able to deal with breakfast fairly quickly and get down the road to take the photos that I wanted and to get to the library for the internet. Katie has a place for us tomorrow night (Dunedin Skeptics in the Pub), and Ilona was chattable. <\/p>\n

Taking the picture of the \u201cWong Way\u201d I was met by Chris and his wife Rose. Anyway, the car needed to be fuelled for today\u2019s longer trip; tried out Caltex but their petrol was 3c dearer than the place in town, so turned back down there.<\/p>\n

Not much to report of from the road trip. About halfway through I stopped at Gore and searched around a bit for a place with a couple of sausage rolls but couldn\u2019t find any; so it was back to the first bakery for a mince & cheese pie which, together with an apple from the supermarket, was lunched in a park in the middle of town. Gore is the NZ country music capital and has an impressive collection of guitarists handprints in cement at its music monument. I was in the park with the trout monument, and workers with leafblowers were blowing a couple of leaves off the footpath, or trying to.<\/p>\n

Further along the way I stopped in Milton which I remembered stopping in on the way to Stewart Island in 2009 for a small plastic spade from the Mitre 10. This time an ice cream was on the agenda – On the Spot Convenience store has the best hokey-pokey so far and was only $2.5.<\/p>\n

Arrived in Dunedin just before 5:00 and explored the streets around here for a bit waiting for Ben & Lucy to arrive. Would have liked to have found a petrol station to clean off the kamikaze squad that now litters the windscreen, but they are apparently further down the hill. And hilly it is in the part of town.<\/p>\n

Room is very comfortable with kitchen, bath & living room shared. Students\u2019 housing round about and a nice view of the sea. Got the net working and already had a request for a further lecture. Will see.<\/p>\n

Dinner was a mild Chicken Tikka Masala at the India Gate on the main street for $13. Back here have to finish preparations for tomorrow and not forget the bananas.
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