We should be exhausted, but we are not. We counted it up and we moved our base of operations 31 times during our stay. No wonder we lost so much stuff (we will need to post an updated lost and not found summary). We never stayed more than three nights in one place and we only did that twice. We drove about 7000 km total (roughly 100 miles per day on average). In all of those kilometres/miles we are proud to say that Margaret and I only drove on the wrong side of the road once each. Our furthest southern point was Lumsden on the South Island (more or less the latitude equivalent of Portland) and our furthest northern point was Russell (about the same latitude as San Luis Obispo).
The consensus view is that we liked most everything, but probably our big trips (Milford, Abel Tasman, Bay of Islands) and our stays with families of friends (Kay and Ged Arbuckle and Malcolm and Vicki Coe) were the highest points.
Queenstown was the consensus vote for most over-rated (with a dissenting vote from Lucas). It is the self-proclaimed adventure capital of the world, so I guess we don't rate too high in that department.
We felt like we needed to compile a good set of fun facts based upon our New Zealand experience. These aren't likely true, but we are sticking with our story.
1. You are never more than 20 meters from a sheep
or dairy cow while in New Zealand
2. The average Kiwi consumes his or her body weight in
fish and chips every 21 days.
3. The single largest consumer of electricity in
New Zealand are plugged in camper vans in holiday parks
4. 70% of all paper in New Zealand is used on
tourist brochures advertising bungee jumping, helicopter tours, and the like.
5. There are no Germans in Germany. They are all in New Zealand.
6. New Zealand trout are an endangered species
On to 'Straya in our next posts.
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