We made it to Bluff which is at the southern most point of New Zealand and especially the south island. As you can see in this photo, London is nearly 19,000 kilometres away - how mad is that? Effectively this is the furthest that we are away from home during our world tour. 
It was great to catch up with Glenn in Dunedin and it really doesn't seem over a year since he returned to NZ. The Taieri Gorge railway was a good daytrip at least it saved both Lee and I from driving! The whole railway line was completed by hand as no explosives could be used due to the rocks. Again, probably not a trip for those with a fear of heights! On this particular day the train ended up in a town called Middlemarch. I don't need to say much about the town being a sheepshearing / logging place and we met the locals in the pub talking about who they married in the town. Children of the corn country.... frightening!
Enough said... Lee sat on Arthur's knob on the way back! I stood instead!
Baldwin Street, Dunedin claims to be the steepest street in the world. The gradient on some parts is less than 1:3! Glenn and Lee decided to sprint the last part - I was sensible and took a leisurely pace!
The Moeraki Boulders north of Dunedin.
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