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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #7)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) January 23, 2012 &#8212; Miranda, continued First thing in the morning, after spending a comfortable night at one of North Island&#8217;s Holiday Parks &#8212; a combination campground, RV sites and vacation cabins, we high-tailed it back to the beach at Miranda. On our way out of Holiday Park, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #6)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Thermals and Shorebirds &#8212; January 22, 2012 Orakei Korako Thermal Park New Zealand is one of the best thermal areas in the world (as evidenced by the many dormant and semi-dormant volcanoes) so we decided to spend part of a day exploring an area 45 minutes south of Rotorua [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #5)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on an image to enlarge) Central North Island &#8212; January 21, 2012 After spending the night at the beautiful Chateau Tongariro in Tongariro National Park, a World Heritage Site, we birded around the hotel grounds for a short while in the morning before heading up to the Mt. Ruapehu volcano. Chateau Tongariro Among the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #4)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) Waitomo Glowworm Caves &#8212; North Island, 1/20/2012 Heading southwest from Otohoranga, our next destination was the small town of Waitomo where we stayed in a very comfortable B&#38;B, Waitomo Caves Guest Lodge. Waitomo is known for its &#8220;glow worm caves&#8221; so we thought we&#8217;d sign up for a tour. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) January 19, 2012 &#8211; North Island (continued) Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park provided not only the opportunity to see live Kiwis but it also gave us the opportunity to see some of New Zealand&#8217;s native birds that we may or may not see on our travels. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dry Tortugas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) It had been windy (but warm) with rain squalls from Sunday through Wednesday but Thursday, 3/1, was one of those &#8220;perfect&#8221; weather days. This was fortunate because we had made reservations to take the ferry to the Dry Tortugas, about 70 miles west of Key West. The trip has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Keys&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) A mere 11 days after returning from Australia another trip was on the horizon, this time to the Florida Keys. We were to spend a week in Key West, part business, part pleasure. It was pretty hard to leave Arizona, especially because the mild weather made it feel like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) January 19, 2011 &#8211; North Island Anxious to start exploring North Island, we left Auckland on the morning of our second day and headed south. Along the highway, not far from the city, we saw a sign for the Auckland Botanic Gardens so decided to stop there. Entrance, Auckland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going &#8220;Down Under&#8221; (NZ #1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) On January 15, 2012 our New Zealand/Australia odyssey began as we boarded a plane in Tucson bound for Los Angeles, Hawaii and our final destination for that leg &#8212; New Zealand. The next series of posts will recount our adventures while &#8220;down under.&#8221; January 18 &#8211;  North Island, Auckland, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting Fresh &#8212; 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) The new year has arrived like a lamb &#8212; beautiful spring-like weather and lots of great birds around. It hasn&#8217;t taken long for some rare birds to show up either. My New Year&#8217;s birding resolution for 2012 is to concentrate on adding new birds to my lists &#8212; no [...]]]></description>
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