enz.org

If you are thinking about immigrating to New Zealand for awhile or permanently, it won't take much research until you find the forums at ENZ (www.enz.org/forum/) or similar website.  There is an incredible amount of useful information within these forums and, to be honest, a lot of junk as well.  But its worth a good bit of time there to figure out the good and the bad of life in NZ.

One person of particular note is Ki-wised American dbonnet.  db and his family have been a tremendous source of information and help in understanding Kiwi culture from the American point of view.  They did not talk us into coming here, but they made us feel comfortable about it.  So it was a great pleasure to get together with the dbonnet's while they were traveling the south island from Nelson.  We had a great dinner at Zucchini Brothers and the next day we went to Sandfly Bay.

Inman's and dbonnets at the entrance to Sandfly Bay.

Kids on the beach

Ms. db, Mr.  db, and Claire admire the scenery.

All hands of deck for kelp dragging!

Oliver meets with the seal of approval.

A very large Hooker Sea Lion.  This chap had a tremendous scar around his neck.

We also saw couple of Yellow-Eyed Penguins that were too far away to photograph.  A delicious bottle of Pinot Noir at the penguin hide and we were ready for the march back to the car park and dinner in Portobello where db thrilled with his stories of NZ SAR (Search and Rescue), of which he is a member.  

Thanks dbonnets!

UPDATE: Apprently enz.org has moved to http://nzandyou.freeforums.org