Exploring in Otago

Mr Cow had decided to stay on South Island in New Zealand (New Zealand is made up of two big islands called North and South island, and a few smaller islands) in a city called Dunedin.

Dunedin is the capital city of an area called Otago.

My Cow decided it was time to do some exploring, so he set off to explore some of the Otago coast north of Dunedin.

The first place he visited was a place called Moeraki. The beach there is covered with huge boulders which are completely round. They are called the Moeraki Boulders, which Mr Cow thought was quite a sensible name for them.

The boulders reminded Mr Cow of giant dinosaur eggs, in fact he found one which was cracked, so he had a photo taken of him climbing out of it as though he was hatching from it.

Next Mr Cow carried on up the coast to a town called Oamaru, which calls itself 'The Penguin Capital of New Zealand'.

Mr Cow didn't find any penguins, but he could tell that they had been there.

Instead of penguins he found this seal snoozing at the side of the road.

Next Mr Cow decided to go looking for film stars.

He found these rocks, which starred in the film 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' as Aslan the Lion's camp. They are actually called Elephant Rocks, but he couldn't see anything that looked like an elephant.

Finally Mr Cow decided to drive home through the mountains, the road was just a dirt track and seemed to go on for ever.

When Mr Cow got home he was tired and dusty, but he'd had a great day exploring.

World Tour Part 1: Fiji

Mr Cow started his world tour at Heathrow airport in London.

He remembered his passport

and he made sure he held hands with an adult so he didn't get lost.

More than a whole day and night later (Fiji is on the other side of the world after all) he arrived.

He sat down and relaxed in the sunshine.

He relaxed in his bure (it's a little house, you say the word 'boo-ray') at the hotel and enjoyed the views over the beach.

He tried diving on Fiji's fantastic coral reefs with his friends Paul

and Laura.

He even found Nemo (or someone who looked quite like him).

On his last night Mr Cow relaxed with a big drink and thought about Fiji, he'd enjoyed himself.

He decided that next he'd go south, to New Zealand.

Introducing Mr Cow

This is Mr Cow.

Mr Cow likes to travel and have adventures.

He has already been diving,

mountain biking,

and mountain climbing.

Even though he's already done lots of fun things and had lots of friends, he wanted to see the world so he set off on a world tour.