Out and About with Diane

  • 2026-08 Madagascar and South Africa
  • 2026-03 Chilean Fjords
  • 2026-02 Sydney to Sydney Cruise Summary
  • 2026 Birding near Rio
  • 2026 Rapi Nui
  • 2025 New Zealand Cruise
  • 2025 GreenlanD
  • 2025 India
  • Travels

  • Dec 30, 2025: New Zealand Cruise (day 4 Fiordland) Milford Sound & Doubtful Sound

    Dec 30, 2025: New Zealand Cruise (day 4 Fiordland) Milford Sound & Doubtful Sound

    Up early this morning because we were promised beautiful views.  Our ship entered Milford sound about 6am and the sunrise was at 6:05am.  We were on the deck to watch-…

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    Diane

    December 30, 2025

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  • Dec 29, 2025: New Zealand Cruise (day 3 Fiordland) Dusky Sound

    Dec 29, 2025: New Zealand Cruise (day 3 Fiordland) Dusky Sound

    Slept pretty good- some ship engine noise, not much rocking and rolling since we had relatively calm seas.  We saw Bottlenose dolphins in the water before breakfast.  It’s another beautiful…

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    Diane

    December 29, 2025

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  • Dec 28, 2025: New Zealand Cruise (day 2 Fiordland) Embark ship & Ulva Island

    Dec 28, 2025: New Zealand Cruise (day 2 Fiordland) Embark ship & Ulva Island

    Today was a day of travel, logistics and briefings with a beautiful short hike at the end. We were up early to make our 6am meeting time.  We picked…

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    Diane

    December 28, 2025

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  • Dec 27, 2025: New Zealand Cruise (day 1 Fiordland) Queenstown

    Dec 27, 2025: New Zealand Cruise (day 1 Fiordland) Queenstown

    We slept good and woke up to a sunny day with clear skies, Drove on the road towards the Royal Albatross Center(again) but this time we went to…

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    Diane

    December 27, 2025

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  • Dec 26, 2025: Dunedin, New Zealand

    Dec 26, 2025: Dunedin, New Zealand

    After a good night’s sleep we got up to have a nice breakfast and went back to the Royal Albatross Center for our Albatross tour.  Our tour was booked…

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    Diane

    December 26, 2025

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  • Dec 23-25,2025: Home to Queenstown, New Zealand

    Dec 23-25,2025: Home to Queenstown, New Zealand

    We celebrated Christmas with the whole family on December 21st and on the 23rd we got on a plane to Queenstown New Zealand for our New Zealand cruise.…

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    Diane

    December 25, 2025

    4 min read

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