Touring New Zealand (page 4)

	New Zealand has two main islands - the North and the South. The North Island is the more populated of the two islands, but it is in the South Island that most of the beautiful sites in New Zealand can be found. Together with the members of the Manako Catholic Students' Community, I went to the South Island. Our primary purpose then was to attend the Catholic students' conference in Christchurch. My secondary purpose was to go around the South Island. To get to the South Island, we had to take the Interislander ferry from Wellington to Nelson. Among my companions were Tim of Wellington, Mandy of Palmerston North, and Mary, a Scot.
In the town of Moeraki, one can find boulders by the beach. A sign explaining the existence of the boulders attributes their formation to a natural phenomenon. It is said that these boulders were formed as a result of the strong waves that jelled sand together, thus forming the boulders.
Methinks that the waves must really have been that strong to form these boulders, which now look and feel like big rocks.
New Zealand is the closest country to the south pole. Thus, the international team of scientists that study the continent of Antarctica takes off from New Zealand whenever they go to the coldest continent. Bluff is the southernmost point of the South Island, where one can take a ferry to Stewart Island, which is colder than most parts of New Zealand and affords the visitor a sneak preview of the climate in Antarctica. I wanted to visit Stewart Island, but because the ferry has only one trip a week, the trip was aborted. Nonetheless, I found a spot where one could see Stewart Island from across the channel, with a signpost that reminds one how far away are the largest cities in the world.

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