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Well, it’s official. Summer in the South Island is coming to a close. If you’ve been following my Instagram, you’ll have seen I escaped winter in Ireland by bringing my family back to beautiful Queenstown for summer. And what an incredible summer it’s been. We had weeks on end of warm, sunny days on the South Island and we’ve certainly made the most of them.

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When I received an email from the Hotel St Moritz here in Queenstown, asking me if I’d like to stay a few nights in their recently renovated lake-view Alpine Suites, you can imagine I didn’t have too hard of a time writing a reply.

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At the end of Day 3 of my central North Island adventure, I enjoyed a somewhat restful night at the Comfort Inn Academy in Tauranga. It was somewhat restful because I had a niggling thought that I should climb the peak at Mt Maunganui. So, before finally drifting off to sleep, I decided to wake early and catch the sunrise from the top of the peak.

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