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The only photo that my drone managed to take on the beach of Cannibal bay. The weather was good, and when I stood below, I did not feel the wind at all. I launched the drone and flew forward to the picturesque rock. Hey, what's going on? My copter is just like a bullet flying to the ocean! On the height there was wind, I tried to stop it and fly back, but the wind was too strong. Well, I had to urgently land the drone, while there was an opportunity.
When you stand on the ground, you don’t really understand where exactly the drone is, although there is a map, and when the drone lands, communication with it is lost. I have a backpack nearby, a bag with a camera, a tripod, and I have no one near me — our whole group went further down the beach. Sighing, I climb over the fence — someone's private territory has begun — and climb up the cliffs.
I was lucky, and after half an hour of searching, I found my copter safe and sound. It would be necessary to attach to it some GPS sensor for the future.
And all my companions, while I was flying and looking for a drone, at that time were in full contact with the sea lions. They have long been accustomed to people here and absolutely calmly let them pretty close. One of the lions even persistently offered a flipper and a heart to my girlfriend! Fortunately, she rejected his offer.
During the trip, I did not know about this, but we visited the city farthest from Moscow on Earth, the small town of Dunedin, named in honor of the old name of Edinburgh. Well, and where to strive now? Into space? ...Hmm.
The town itself is small, but very curious in architecture. In contrast to the mostly "remodeled" buildings of most New Zealand cities, where buildings about 100 years old are a rarity, here we were met by quite a few buildings that pleasantly caress the eyes with rather old and original architecture for the country. The station struck me the most. It does not look like a train station at all, but a small pretty castle or palace! It is more than 100 years old, and at the same time still in excellent condition, thanks to timely restoration and constant care of the city.
By the way, it was in Dunedin that we were able to admire a truck quietly standing on the street. What is so special about this? Yes, in general, nothing, except for the fact that in New Zealand there are very beautiful trucks — large, bright, modern, and at the same time always clean, shiny, as if just from the sink or as if the driver stopped every half hour to aim the marafet on a slightly dusty body.
Our guide Dima told us the whole trip about his dream to drive such a handsome trucks. But alas, judging by what we saw, only very strong, massive men of the age of 45+ (severe appearance and always with a decent beard) are allowed to drive them. The truck on the photo is far from the prettiest of those that we met during the trip, but on the other hand, it stood, it could be seen and even possibly touched if the driver allowed.
Moeraki Boulders — dragon eggs on Koekohe Beach, which I already talked about. Very picturesque place with a bunch of photographers. Taking pictures is not easy, but the result is very pleasing! And just wandering around such a beach, admiring the large-scale boulders, meeting the sunset or dawn here — it is definitely worth a stop here.
At one of the viewing points we met a smiling monk who offered to follow him and promised to show something interesting. And he didn’t deceive — Jacksons Orchard Gardens is a very beautiful and tasty place. Cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums, apples and pears grow here, and the fruit season is from November to April.
And we were there just in April, and managed to find all the autumn beauty of gardens and forests. You did not forget that in April in New Zealand is autumn? :)
Another town that impressed me much is Arrowtown. The town is the center of the gold rush that began in 1862 on the banks of the Arrow River. It seems to me that it looks almost the same as then, just take and shoot westerns. It’s just worth it to ban the entry of cars into the city so as not to spoil the view.
To be continued... ;)
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Camera: OLYMPUS E-M1 MarkII and DJI Mavic 2 Pro
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Great to see the country from a visitors eyes - The small town of Dunedin! - for most of NZ's history Dunedin was the forth largest city. It's still 10th I think. It's famous for all sorts of things. It was the epicentre of the NZ music scene in the 80's and was very cool - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunedin_sound
I am not surprised that it was and, perhaps, still known and noticeable in the history of the country - this is a very cool city. As for music, a couple of people from our group specifically tried to find a music store where they wanted to buy some rare records of New Zealand music groups. They did it, several records were in their hands, and they were happy.
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