The Dawson fall view point is about 5 mins away from the parking area. If you like hiking, you can also hike in that area but it would take a lot more than just 5mins. Also I have tried and it seems that the view point is the main place that you can have a clear view of the waterfall without walking too much.

When visiting the Otorohanga Kiwi House, u mainly see birds and small reptiles. The only Kiwi we get to see is in this super dark room, which makes me feel so giddy that I gave up looking at the Kiwis. There are quite frequent keeper talks / shows where the keeper will tell you about the birds in the area. Kakariki that you can feed during the bird show. Watermelon design bottle used to feed the birds.

In the Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War exhibition in Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, you will see many sections exhibited the war that happened in 1915. At the entrance to each section, you will see bigger than life size figurine of soldiers or nurse that are key characters of the war. Every part of the figuring, apart from being over sized, looks super real, the blood on his hand looks damp and fresh except that it doesn't flow anymore. Also, you can see maps that combines electronic displays and mountain like terrain, displaying the movement of soldiers during the war. Also, you can see mock items such as bomb internals and telephone during that period. You can still see some of the items in that Museum online  but those item in there doesn't show what you would actually see if you are physically there though, including those free exhibitions. I think most of the exhibitions in the museum is free exc...

The Kawana Mill is an abandoned flour mill that got converted to 24/7 free entry tourist attraction without anyone manning the place. I simply drive there and go in yourself to explore the area. Please visit the loo before going there as the toilet feel pretty gross and had no water at all. I would recommend going there during day time as there is only lights within the building. We simply open the door and go in ourselves. Exploring the insides of the flour mill, you can see the machines that are used to make flour.  Also we can read articles about the place, the historical value.  The lights in the building is all hydro-powered as there is this rapid flowing water right below the building. Also, on the way there, there is almost no telco connection along the way or toilet stops, the next toilet from that area feels pretty far away. 😨 But if you like mills, should visit it when you have a chance.

When visiting Napier earlier in Feb this yr, there is the famous Art Deco buildings that we should visit, or at least walk 1 round around their street to see the Art Deco buildings that are within walking distance in the city as plotted in the map above. ( Add route to google map ). We took the free method with the help of google, the paid method is you can buy a guide map for $15 or take a guided tour. First stop is the fire station Followed by the Public trust office The Daily Telegraph building Masonic hotel where you get different looks from different side of the building The library  Australian Mutual Provident Society  The Waiapu church Along the way you could see some interesting buildings and wall paintings too. Finally if you do have a car, you can drive a while to the tobacco building as well During Covid 19 pe...

After so long, I am going to upload to my blog again, especially since knowing that I would be on stand down working about 2 days a week in the near future, perhaps writing blogs may help subsidy my income a bit. Who knows maybe I might get some temp part time job along the way.  Will start with my recent New Zealand trip where we visited Hobbiton Movie Set. It seems that the only way to get there is to get a tour as it is a private place, we can't just roam around ourselves. The tour guide needs to bring us around.  During the tour, we learned a lot about how the movie making that involves hobbit works, the hobbit are actually adult size and the videos are taken using alignment and positioning illusions. When the wizard and hobbit sits in the same cart, the distance between them is about 3m, which makes it look like they are sitting together and I totally can't tell. I could imagine how hard it is to get everything perfect in the movie. Al...