The Queenstown gardens with their roses in bloom, varieties that we do not see at home. Lawn bowling, double bowls, pictured. Well manicured in the English way.
Nice county church after the service crowd milling about.
Off to the kiwi bird house. Kiwis and many other endangered species MBB QB took many pics which are on flickr.
Maori we spoke with have us the spelling of two peppers we tried earlier in the trip. Horopito, brown, spicy, from a pepper tree. Kawakana, green, also as a tea, from another pepper tree.
Tuatara,235 million years old, live to 100-200 or so years. Very rare and last living link to the dinosaurs. Look them up on wiki. Live a very slow life.
Giant eggs of kiwi, similar to a thirty five pound baby. Yikes. Hatch ready to forage.
Dinner at the bathhouse of king George V. Built to commemorate the accession to the throne. We had six tapas dishes sitting at lake edge facing the mountains behind the lake.
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