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the Otahuna's amazing garden (from whcih most of dinner came!)
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Otahuna Lodge: our last night in NZ
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Moeraki boulders
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penguins!
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the shear the sheep in one piece, then throw it out on the table for cleaning
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sheep shearing contest in full swing
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wool handling competition in Balclutha
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The best view of part of the Kepler Track we got from below: Luxmore Hut is just around the bend above treeline
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meadow on the way back to Te Anau
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a curious NZ black robin
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Mitre Peak
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Mitre Peak and Couching Lion
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seals are tourist magnets
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Milford Sound from near the main ocean
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seals
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taking in the view
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Couching Lion
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caught in flight!
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native Blue Ducks
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The Chasm
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headed up to Milford Sound
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Rainbow Reach (the only place we overlapped a LOTR film location)
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Sunset over Lake Manapouri, from Motorau Hut
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Iris Burn waterfall
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Iris Burn Hut, with the ridge we hiked hovering over
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just below treeline, again
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the trail runs teh ridge, then dives right and descends thousands of feet in a couple miles, o the meadow on the right
