#royal albatross centre

[polwarth]

Red-billed Gull & chicks

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Dunedin, New Zealand

Little blue penguins, also known by their Māori name korora, exit the sea at the Royal Albatross Centre, a wildlife sanctuary in Harington Point

Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/AP

[jeanhm]

[the-travelling-witch]

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Is it your first time visiting Twisted Wonderland? If so, please allow us the honour to introduce our beautiful region to you! Whether you are planning your trip as a relaxing getaway or are looking to feel the thrill of watching our nation’s best battling it out, you are sure to find this region worth your time.

From the lush forests of Briar Valley over the impressive dunes of the Scalding Sands all the way to the azure depths of the Coral Sea, the region boasts not only awe-inspiring flora, but also various species of pokémon. You might recognise some of their names from your Pokédex, yet their appearance is guaranteed to surprise you. Yes, much like other regions, Twisted Wonderland is home to a few regional variants that we call ‘Twisted Forms’. 

After a day’s worth of exploring everything the region has to offer, you can immerse yourself in the exciting atmosphere of a professional pokémon battle. Whether it is in the stands of one of our many stadiums or from the comfort of your temporary home through televised and online streams, watching the nation’s best give it their all is guaranteed to get your heart racing!

What sets the battles in Twisted Wonderland apart from those in other regions is the ability of strong trainers to use their Unique Magic to directly influence a battle. It’s a trainer’s innate talent that cannot be copied by anyone else and marks those who are able to use it as truly strong. It goes without saying that these abilities have the potential to change the flow of any battle and keep a match interesting until the very end!

Given the popularity of Pokémon battles as a sport, it should come as no surprise that many aspire to go professional and climb the League’s ranks. However, only a select few have what it takes. Sage Island is the epicentre of developing all things Pokémon-related. Not only is it home to the Pokémon League, the most prestigious academic institutions for aspiring young adults are located there as well.

Both Night Raven College and Royal Sword Academy, run by leading professors Dire Crowley and Ambrose LXIII, have the reputation of fostering a learning environment that consistently produces the strongest trainers of a generation. Furthermore, their students are also recognised in various other fields, such as the development and manufacturing of gadgets or the studies of types, attacks, abilities, evolutions and the like. Therefore it is not surprising many of them receive offers to go abroad for their internship to study under renowned professors and entrepreneurs from all over the world.

In fact, these institutions are so accomplished, they host the local Gym Challenge, which enables trainers outside the Top 10 to challenge the Elite Four in order to potentially qualify for the annual Champion’s Tournament. To determine which school gets the prestigious honour of putting forward the Gym Leaders, an exclusive tournament is held at the beginning of the season. For the past few decades, RSA has been able to clutch the win on the privilege of hosting the Gym Challenge.

Has your curiosity been piqued and your wanderlust set in? If so, the Twisted Wonderland Services and Tourism Centre eagerly awaits your timely arrival and looks forward to welcoming you to our beautiful region in person! 

If you have any further questions, please visit our Travel FAQ or contact the staff of the TWSTC directly.

For more information on the local Pokémon, please visit the website of Twisted Wonderland’s Bellwether Institute.

For more information on internships and studies abroad, please visit the homepages of Night Raven College and Royal Sword Academy.

To book your flight, we recommend Albatross Airlines; to book your accommodation, please visit Neverland Housing Agency.

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Dunedin, New Zealand. Little blue penguins, also known by their Māori name korora, exit the sea at the Royal Albatross Centre, a wildlife sanctuary in Harington Point. Photograph: Alessandra Tarantino/AP / Guardian #korora #penguins

[cllnsllvn]

Otago Peninsula

Today was a great day spent all across the Otago Peninsula. I started out the morning at the Larnach Castle gardens & grounds. I decided not to go with the entry tickets because I didn't have too much time. On the way, I stopped for this great view of the bay.

The "castle" isn't a castle so much as it was inspired by one. Built by businessman and politician William Larnach in 1871, it is now privately owned, brought back from the brink of disrepair by the Baker Family who bought it in 1967.

Unfortunately, while I was there, a delivery truck dropping off fertiliser for the garden was also there, so I didn't get to take the shot I really wanted to take. I was hoping it would move in time, but there seemed to be some problem with the delivery, as the truck just sat there while the gardener and delivery driver took turns on the phone. Oh well! Next up, I headed further out the peninsula to go on a Monarch wildlife cruise. The cruise is geared at seeing the Northern Royal Albatross, but we also saw several other birds and a few fur seals! I didn't take too many photos because a) flying birds are hard to photograph with a phone and b) the boat was rocking and rolling too much! I held on and enjoyed the ride.

After the wildlife cruise, I then headed up for a tour at the Royal Albatross Centre at Taiaroa Head on the end of the peninsula. I did the combined albatross and fort tour, which was absolutely worth the extra $10 for almost 45 minutes extra with the guide, more views of albatross, and a tour of the old fort.

I got my gen z moment taking my back camera selfie with the albatross size comparison (even though the scale is still off). I also got a few pictures of albatross with their babies through the binoculars. When we headed through to the fort, the "money shot" is the "disappearing gun." This gun was designed to be loaded and aimed while underground, lifted to shoot, then the recoil sends it back underground. This helps with the defense - the enemy can't retaliate if they don't know where the gun has fired from.

Last up for the day was a stop over at Okia Reserve for the Okia pyramids and Victory Beach. The pyramids are just hills, but people think they resemble the pyramids at Giza. There was nobody else on the track or the beach, but I will say, the beach seemed much farther away than expected! Even though it was still less time than it said it would be.

Then, back again for dinner and a night in before heading out tomorrow!

[markandtrish]

Sunday November 17th

Dunedin

A leisurely start to the day and a cooked breakfast to get us going before setting off to Baldwin Street, the steepest residential street in the world. It didn’t look too bad at first but that was deceptive.

After a walk, part of the way up we decided to head to the botanic gardens. Really beautiful with all the spring flowers, azaleas, rhododendrons and many more which seemed strange to see knowing it was cold at home. We also walked round the aviary which had many parrots and parakeets, along with injured birds and some breeding kakas whose chicks they are planning to reintroduce to the wild.

A trip back to our flat for a late lunch of lamb chops and salad before heading out to the Otago peninsula. It was a windy drive of about an hour to get to the tip of the peninsula where the albatross centre is. It’s the home to many royal albatrosses, the only mainland breeding colony. We watched these beautiful birds soaring around among the gulls and also saw the breeding colonies of the red billed gulls, vey noisy and smelly.

The main point of our trip was to see the blue penguins, the smallest species of penguin. They come ashore to their burrows and chicks every night at dusk after spending the whole day at sea feeding. There was a viewing platform set up and the penguins are not at all bothered by all the people.

It was amazing to see all these penguins coming ashore in big groups, starting off slowly and cautiously and then when they've realised the coast is clear, waddling up the beach as fast as possible and passing within a foot of us. Far noisier than we'd imagined and another magical experience from this holiday.

[katjaschmitt]

"Taiaroa Head" | 42 cm x 56 cm | soft pastels on watercolour paper

The view from the Royal Albatross Centre towards Dunedin, New Zealand

[thekentmonologues]

This is our second encounter with albatrosses, the first was right up close in the Galapagos. They are magical birds, emperors of the air. There are a few nesting pairs here; the season is just starting. It is easy to anthropomorphize them and describe them having tender care towards each other watching them preen each other.

[jontycrane]

Dunedin

One of New Zealand’s original five major cities (along with Auckland, Christchurch, Nelson and Wellington), Dunedin has claim to be the best of them to visit as a tourist. It has it all, a beautiful setting, plenty of heritage, wonderful gardens, native wildlife, great museums, and good places to eat, all in a compact city of ~105,000 people. To start just outside of the city though with Otago…

[polwarth]

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[jeanhm]

Dunedin, Otago Peninsula and Royal Albatross

Combining 2 days into one here as we have spent two days in and around Dunedin and the Otago Peninsula and been down the edge of Otago harbour on both sides enjoying the lovely views of what must have been a caldera at one stage that formed the harbour. Our first visit was to the end of the main peninsula as we booked to see Royal Albatross chicks at the Royal Albatross centre. ON the way we stopped at Portobello to watch some noisy sea lions on the beach, much bigger than the fur seals we have been seeing mainly to date. At the centre we saw 4 chicks all about 3 months old sitting patiently waiting for their parents to return with food. at we left we did see several adults flying and whilst it would have been good to see the chicks and adults reunited the tickets were timed visits so we missed out on that.

Whilst in Dunedin, which is a scottish setttlement and the name Dunedin comes from the Gaelic for Edinburgh, we went to the Pioneer viewpoint over the harbour bay where there is a peice of rock from Edinburgh Castle and also to the world steepest street, Baldwin Street though we didn't try to walk up it. If you did you actually can get a certificate for doing so!

On our second visit we went to the other side of the harbour and round to Port Chalmers and to the sea wall where we walked out again to see more sea lions. We also found a monument to Scott and his colleagues to commemorate their Antarctic explorations. we had some more fantastic views over beaches and cliffs around Purakaunui and Waitati. Loved Dunedin, well worth a visit.

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That great feeling of the rain falling whilst sitting nicely on an egg, Chris McCormack / Royal Albatross Centre

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Princess Anne performing a Mãori Hongi greeting after opening the Royal Albatross Colony Visitor Centre in New Zealand on 3 March 1989