moving to new zealand » Great Sites http://www.movingtonz.com raw nature experienced Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:42:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Visiting New Zealand Site Offers Glimpses Of Attractions http://www.movingtonz.com/2006/09/visiting-new-zealand-site-offers-glimpses-of-attractions/ http://www.movingtonz.com/2006/09/visiting-new-zealand-site-offers-glimpses-of-attractions/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:29:09 +0000 michael http://www.movingtonz.com/?p=21 snipshot_1ahohb9b5g.jpgI have to give a shout-out to any fellow Dunedin dwellers, and the owner of VisitingNewZealand.com, Chris Paton, is part of that fellowship. Chris is a recent immigrant to the South Island of New Zealand from England and his blog is aiming to show off the various places he visits in his time there. A web developer, Chris is also a medical doctor and lecturer in Medical Informatics at Otago University. It looks like his site just got started, but the images are beautiful — and much like everything else in New Zealand, look unreal. He would probably agree with me in my assessment of New Zealand as a photographer’s dream come true. A two-year old could take magazine worthy shots. The landscape just makes it too easy.

Anyways, check out VisitingNewZealand — and be sure to hit the Sea Lions of Otago video. Those smelly monster were always a joy to behold on the beaches during an afternoon stroll.

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Clicking on the Dunedin option will bring up some excellent dining options—my personal favorite being the Speights Ale House Bar and Restaurant. For those of you looking for a little trivia, north island folk will tell you that SPEIGHTS stands for (Southern People Enjoy It, God Hates The Shit). Seriously, though–it’s a good beer. Click here to jump to the site!

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