We recommend Stewart Island to anyone and everyone.  We absolutely loved it! The golden weather, native bush and wildlife were truly amazing.

Although the township of Oban is tiny and pretty limited, the surroundings more than make up for the lack of variety in town. We caught a boat to the predator free sanctuary of Ulva Island for a beautiful forest walk through pristine native bush.  The place is teeming with native birds and loads of other wildlife. We saw wekas, saddlebacks, kerekus, penguins, parakeets and even a sea lion, which gave Ferg and Keri a warning charge for getting a little too close. Ferg was amazed by the wekas as you can see below.

They have a one teacher school here which I thought about applying to as I would finally be able to give myself the promotion that I deserve but the fact that it is so isolated and pretty expensive has put us off a bit, however I think I could live anywhere for a year as long as it had a good internet connection.

Before we make that decision I think that it would be wise to visit when the weather isn’t so pleasant.