Got a flight from Invercargill to Christchurch this morning and was met at the Christchurch airport by a couple we had met on the boat. Very nice to be met!<\/p>\n
Headed for the Antarctic Centre which was very interesting, then off to see white flipper penguins (little blues). That was very interesting and we saw several penguins, including another yellow-eye. We also saw seals, Hector dolphins, shags, wagtails, and loads of other birds. A very nice trip out.<\/p>\n
So going to get some sleep now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Got a flight from Invercargill to Christchurch this morning and was met at the Christchurch airport by a couple we had met on the boat. Very nice to be met! Headed for the Antarctic Centre which was very interesting, then off to see white flipper penguins (little blues). That was very interesting and we saw […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T97-Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61,"url":"https:\/\/www.purple-penguin.org\/blog\/2006\/01\/11\/home\/","url_meta":{"origin":60,"position":0},"title":"Home","date":"Wednesday, 11 January 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, we're home. 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