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</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010722.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1010722</image:title><image:caption>A typical New Zealand picnic table</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010717.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1010717</image:title><image:caption>State Highway 6</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010715.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1010715</image:title><image:caption>State Highway 6 and Camper</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010712.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1010712</image:title><image:caption>Weird clouds at sunset</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010705.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1010705</image:title><image:caption>Weird clouds at sunset</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010701.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1010701</image:title><image:caption>Weird clouds at sunset</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/p1010695.jpg</image:loc><image:title>P1010695</image:title><image:caption>Weird clouds at sunset</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-14T01:05:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2017/01/01/mt-taranaki/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1070941.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moss</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1070922.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gateway to Dawson's Falls</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1070914.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Steps up the mountain</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1070911.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Foot hills of Mt Taranaki</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/photo-31-12-16-6-39-48-am.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Approaching Mt Taranaki again</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1070906.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Approaching Mt Taranaki</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/photo-31-12-16-1-41-35-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Goblin Woods at Dawson's Falls</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1070961.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Egmont Lighthouse</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1070959.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eastern coast</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1070953.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mount Taranaki</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:18:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/17/excitement-check/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_micr5qql801s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:17:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/17/a-few-hours-later-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_micrbomhrn1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:17:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/17/today-was-spent-on-first-day-chores-with-plenty/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_micxvbbjtq1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:17:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/18/day-two-and-there-was-further-exploration-of/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_miel7y1pic1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Banks Peninsula</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_miel7y1pic1s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Banks Peninsula</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_miel7y1pic1s3uul3o5_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Bonjour Akaroa</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_miel7y1pic1s3uul3o6_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Guide book?</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:17:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/19/day-3-coast-to-coast-christchurch-to-greymouth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_miglaa8ras1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Castle Rock</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_miglaa8ras1s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>New Zealand State Highway 73</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_miglaa8ras1s3uul3o5_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Arthur's Pass</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_miglaa8ras1s3uul3o6_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Lookout!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_miglaa8ras1s3uul3o7_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Pancake Rocks</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_miglaa8ras1s3uul3o8_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Nice hat</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:16:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/20/day-four-greymouth-to-franz-josef-awoke-to/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mij7jmro7m1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>View from the gorge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mij7jmro7m1s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Hokitika Gorge</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mij7jmro7m1s3uul3o5_r2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Hanging out</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mij7jmro7m1s3uul3o6_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Crafty</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mij7jmro7m1s3uul3o8_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Moody glacier</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:16:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/21/day-5-glacier-adventures-an-early-start-to-meet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mik9a4ihq31s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Cold as ice</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mik9a4ihq31s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Up on Franz Josef</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mik9a4ihq31s3uul3o5_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>The only way to travel</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mik9a4ihq31s3uul3o6_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Stretching our legs</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mik9a4ihq31s3uul3o7_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Boardwalk</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:16:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/22/day-6-franz-josef-we-slept-late-explored-all/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mim5awu0lx1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Franz Josef</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mim5awu0lx1s3uul3o2_r2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Lake Matheson</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mim5awu0lx1s3uul3o7_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Lake Matheson fern</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mim5awu0lx1s3uul3o8_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Pebble stack</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:16:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/23/day-7-franz-josef-to-wanaka-today-was-mostly/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mio1tmrqx81s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Leaving Franz Josef</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mio1tmrqx81s3uul3o2_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Clear mountain waters</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mio1tmrqx81s3uul3o5_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Minor diversion</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mio1tmrqx81s3uul3o7_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Hello Wanaka</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mio1tmrqx81s3uul3o8_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Woah</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:16:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/24/day-8-wanaka-town-a-slow-start-and-then-a-wander/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mipq2vwxwf1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Wanaka</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mipq2vwxwf1s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Wild country</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mipq2vwxwf1s3uul3o3_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Near Diamond Lake, Wanaka</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:16:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/25/day-9-queenstown-and-surrounds-queenstown-is/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mirmm2oamo1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Toward Queenstown</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mirmm2oamo1s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Queenstown</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mirmm2oamo1s3uul3o5_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Remarkables</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mirmm2oamo1s3uul3o6_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Kawarau River</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:16:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/26/day-10-wanaka-rob-roy-valley-we-rose-early/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mitkc4xp1g1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Mount Aspiring National Park</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mitkc4xp1g1s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Stroll along the river</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mitkc4xp1g1s3uul3o5_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Run-off from Rob Roy</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mitkc4xp1g1s3uul3o6_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>End of the line</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mitkc4xp1g1s3uul3o7_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Perfect</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:16:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/02/27/day-11-wanaka-upper-clutha-river-a-change-of/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mivg2ibva01s3uul3o1_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Upper Clutha River</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mivg2ibva01s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Upper Clutha River again</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mivg2ibva01s3uul3o5_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Upper Clutha River ... for real</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mivg2ibva01s3uul3o7_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Lunch break</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tumblr_mivg2ibva01s3uul3o8_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>NZ 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Manapouri</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj2ur2oiu01s3uul3o4_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lake Manapouri (or possibly Doubtful Sound)</image:title><image:caption>Lake Manapouri (or possibly Doubtful Sound)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:15:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/03/04/day-15-te-anau-kepler-track-2-for-our/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj4ciowbja1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh, fishing</image:title><image:caption>Leigh, fishing</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj4ciowbja1s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The taxi leaving us</image:title><image:caption>The taxi leaving us</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj4ciowbja1s3uul3o5_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Kepler Track</image:title><image:caption>The Kepler Track</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj4ciowbja1s3uul3o6_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Kepler Track</image:title><image:caption>The Kepler Track</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj4ciowbja1s3uul3o7_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coffee (Irish), "One Square Meal" and a snooze</image:title><image:caption>Coffee (Irish), "One Square Meal" and a snooze</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:15:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/03/05/day-16-invercargill-we-left-the-te-anau-today/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj697aeecy1s3uul3o1_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bluff</image:title><image:caption>Bluff</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj697aeecy1s3uul3o2_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bluff</image:title><image:caption>Bluff</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj697aeecy1s3uul3o5_r2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Sandfly Cafe, Te Anau - Carrot Cake</image:title><image:caption>The Sandfly Cafe, Te Anau - Carrot Cake</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj697aeecy1s3uul3o6_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Our first rain, one the way to Invercargill</image:title><image:caption>Our first rain, one the way to Invercargill</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj697aeecy1s3uul3o7_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gemstone Beach, Southland</image:title><image:caption>Gemstone Beach, Southland</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj697aeecy1s3uul3o11_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bluff</image:title><image:caption>Bluff</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj697aeecy1s3uul3o12_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Riverton flowers</image:title><image:caption>Riverton flowers</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:15:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/03/06/day-17-invercargill-to-dunedin-the-drive-from/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/img_2978.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_2978</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj8ev8ln641s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:15:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/03/06/some-further-pictures-to-illustrate-leighs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj8faq2ntx1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Catlins</image:title><image:caption>The Catlins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj8faq2ntx1s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>McClean Falls, the Catlins</image:title><image:caption>McClean Falls, the Catlins</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mj8faq2ntx1s3uul3o3_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Not a poo, but a seal</image:title><image:caption>Not a poo, but a seal</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:15:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/03/07/day-18-dunedin-today-we-spent-the-morning/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mja954dype1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Saint Claire, Dunedin</image:title><image:caption>Saint Claire, Dunedin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mja954dype1s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lover's Leap, Dunedin</image:title><image:caption>Lover's Leap, Dunedin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mja954dype1s3uul3o5_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The path to Sandfly Bay, Dunedin</image:title><image:caption>The path to Sandfly Bay, Dunedin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mja954dype1s3uul3o6_r2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The view across the Otago Peninsula</image:title><image:caption>The view across the Otago Peninsula</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mja954dype1s3uul3o7_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Some sheep</image:title><image:caption>Some sheep</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:15:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/03/08/day-19-dunedin-another-day-in-town-today-we/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mjc28tru4g1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baldwin Street, Dunedin</image:title><image:caption>Baldwin Street, Dunedin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mjc28tru4g1s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baldwin Street, Dunedin</image:title><image:caption>Baldwin Street, Dunedin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mjc28tru4g1s3uul3o3_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Port Chalmers, Dunedin</image:title><image:caption>Port Chalmers, 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Dunedin</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mjdyjhfp7l1s3uul3o6_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The sandstone cliffs Tunnel Beach</image:title><image:caption>The sandstone cliffs Tunnel Beach</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mjdyjhfp7l1s3uul3o7_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Against the cliffs of Tunnel Beach</image:title><image:caption>Against the cliffs of Tunnel Beach</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:15:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/03/10/day-21-christchurch-as-we-approach-the-end-of/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mjfr64x7cc1s3uul3o1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Victorian street in Oamaru</image:title><image:caption>Victorian street in 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Street</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mjh2vz1njr1s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Containers propping up a broken building</image:title><image:caption>Containers propping up a broken building</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mjh2vz1njr1s3uul3o5_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shipping containers being used to recreate the shopping centre</image:title><image:caption>Shipping containers being used to recreate the shopping centre</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tumblr_mjh2vz1njr1s3uul3o6_r1_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:title>One of the catholic cathedrals</image:title><image:caption>One of the catholic cathedrals</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:14:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2013/03/11/and-were-back-collapse-of-stout-party-heres/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/coming-soon-to-a-social-media-platform-near-you-native-ads.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Coming 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Museum</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/tumblr_n16opc6t741s3uul3o2_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Mask</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/tumblr_n16opc6t741s3uul3o3_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>Auckland harbour</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/tumblr_n16opc6t741s3uul3o4_1280.jpg</image:loc><image:caption>New Zealand beer</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:13:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2015/06/06/wellington/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/file-19-08-2015-12-10-46-pm.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>File 19-08-2015 12 10 46 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pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_4992.jpg</image:loc><image:title>IMG_4992</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:13:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2015/06/09/wellington-day-2/</loc><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:13:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2015/06/09/wellington-day-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-8-06-2015-1-26-03-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo 8-06-2015 1 26 03 pm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-8-06-2015-4-39-52-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo 8-06-2015 4 39 52 pm</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:13:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/03/day-1-brisbane-to-auckland-to-kerikeri/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1040893.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh Terra Sanctum Pinot Gris</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1040886.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Stone Store</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1040880.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh and the Stone 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oceans</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050047.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cape Reinga</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050028-edit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh made me post this</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Doubtless Couple</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050021.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Doubtless Bay</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:12:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/06/day-4-kerikeri-surrounds/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050150.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Boulders and hills</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050148.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Shattered</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050138-edit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The valley</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050124.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Windows</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050120.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spooky woods</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050117.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tree?</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:12:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/07/day-5-big-city-rip-merle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050178.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh at Leigh's school</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050176.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh at Leigh's cafe (sign)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050174.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh at the Leigh Bar</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050173.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh outside of Leigh General Store</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050170.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh eats at Leigh Eats</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:12:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/08/day-6-auckland/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050191.jpg</image:loc><image:title>University of Auckland clock tower</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050190.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Roots</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050182.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bandstand</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050059.jpg</image:loc><image:title>So far from Bluff</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050055.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The far, far north</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050192.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Autumn leaves</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:12:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/09/day-7-parnell-and-wenderholm/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/photo-9-04-2016-3-29-19-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sheep (safely grazing because they may)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/photo-9-04-2016-2-11-20-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh and me</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050271-edit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>River Puhoi</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050236.jpg</image:loc><image:title>River Puhoi mouth</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050220.jpg</image:loc><image:title>War memorial</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050218.jpg</image:loc><image:title>War memorial</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050217.jpg</image:loc><image:title>War memorial</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050205.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cigale Market</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050204.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cigale Market</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050203.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cigale Market</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:12:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/10/day-8-auckland-again/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050279.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Auckland</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050292.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Circus Circus</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050289.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh on Mount Eden</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050287-edit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Sky Tower</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050282.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Auckland from Mount Eden</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/11/day-9-cathedral-cove-and-coromandel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050386.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Basecamp</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050348.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Look out ...</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050344.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cathedral Cove beach art</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050331.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cathedral Cove</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050327.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cathedral Cove arch</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050325.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hahei beach</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050315.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Up in the clouds</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050307.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Misty morning</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/12/day-10-road-trip-to-whakatane/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050398.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Manaia Bay</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050394.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Looking toward Coromandel Harbour</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050467.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Karangahake Reserve</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050435.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Karangahake mine</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050429.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Karangahake Window walk</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050428.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gorgeous gorge</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050414.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Karangahake Reserve</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/13/day-11-whatakane-ohope-and-otarawairere-bay/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050561.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ohope beach</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050552.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ohope oyster catchers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050541.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh found a stick</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050536.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ohope oyster catchers</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050530.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ohope surf</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050512.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh on Otarawairere Beach</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050501.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Otarawairere Beach</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050483.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Otarawairere Bay</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050476.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Whakaari</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050472.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ohope beach</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/14/day-12-more-whakatane-and-surrounds-happy-birthday-em/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/file-14-04-2016-9-38-47-pm.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Waioeka gorge</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050645.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lady on the Rock</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050641.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pūkeko</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050631.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ohope from the hill</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050628.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Across Whakatane</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050603.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Whakaari / White Island</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050601.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ohope beach art</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050587.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tauranga bridge (broken)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050565.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Morning in Whakatane</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/15/day-13-whakatane-to-taupo-via-rotorua/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050661.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rainbow Mountain scenic reserve</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050660.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rainbow Mountain scenic reserve</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050702.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Huka falls</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050700.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mounts Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu across the lake</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050696.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Taupo autumn</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050687.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Waiotapu mud pools stink</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050682.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Waiotapu mud pools</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/16/day-14-tongariro-national-park-and-mount-doom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1147-7113.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Me ... on a volcano</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050739.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ngauruhoe from the summit</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050722.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My precious ...</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050712.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mounts Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu (left to right)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050706.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View toward Lake Taupo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050777-edit.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mount Doom (Ngauruhoe)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050758.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cafe on a volcano</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050757.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cafe in the clouds</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050752.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rock hopping</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/17/day-15-waiotapu-and-rotorua-museum/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050830.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lake Ngakoro</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050817.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Champagne Pool at Waiotapu</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050808.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Champagne Pool at Waiotapu</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050794.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Waiotapu bush</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050789.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lady Knox Geyser</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050847.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Waiotapu bush</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050845.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Devil's Bath</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/file-17-04-2016-8-24-41-pm.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh and me at the Devil's Bath</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/file-17-04-2016-8-26-07-pm.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Champagne Pool at Waiotapu</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/18/day-16-redwoods-lake-rotokakahi-green-lake-tikitapu-blue-and-lake-tarawera/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050916.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lake Tikitapu (Blue Lake)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050910.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bush on the banks of Lake Tikitapu</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050905.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The redwoods of Taupo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050896.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh strolling through the redwoods</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050892.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A redwood</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050872.jpg</image:loc><image:title>State Highway 5, north of Taupo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050863.jpg</image:loc><image:title>State Highway 5, north of Taupo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050857.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mounts Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu across the lake</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050926.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lake Tarawera and Mount Tarawera</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050923.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lake Tikitapu (Blue Lake)</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/19/day-15-taupo-napier-and-martinborough/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050963.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Napier, Public Trust Offices</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050958.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Napier Art Deco</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050947.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bank of New Zealand, Napier</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050931.jpg</image:loc><image:title>State Highway 5 between Taupo and Napier</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060008.jpg</image:loc><image:title>State Highway 50, between Napier and Martinborough</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050987.jpg</image:loc><image:title>State Highway 50, between Napier and Martinborough</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050982.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Napier, Tennyson Street</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050979.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Napier, The Masonic Hotel</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1050975.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Napier, Brown &amp; Bates</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/20/day-16-martinborough-upper-and-lower-hutts-pentone-and-other-suburbs/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060016.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ANZAC preparations in Martinborough</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060024.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View from our apartment</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/21/day-17-washing-mount-victoria-fidels-oriental-bay/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060046.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View south from Mount Victoria</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060043.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View toward Petone and the Hutt Valley from Mt Victoria</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060038.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wellington</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/file-21-04-2016-3-13-24-pm.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh and me on Mount Wellington</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/file-21-04-2016-3-12-31-pm.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Panorama on phone</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060058.jpg</image:loc><image:title>View of Wellington from Mt Victoria</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060053.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wellington</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060051.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wellington</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/22/day-18-khandallah-and-other-burbs-te-papa-and-cuba-street/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/file-22-04-2016-7-10-21-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Te Papa, The Scale of Our War, Chunuk Bair</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/file-22-04-2016-7-09-13-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Te Papa, The Scale of Our War, Lieutenant Colonel Percival Fenwick</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/file-22-04-2016-7-08-39-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Te Papa, The Scale of Our War Lieutenant Spencer Westmacott</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/file-22-04-2016-7-11-00-pm.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Te Papa, The Scale of Our War, Sergeant Cecil Malthus</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060093.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wellington night market</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060076.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Plum</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060074.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Plum</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060071.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wellington in the afternoon sun</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060115.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wellington night market</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060113.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Wellington night market</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:11:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/23/day-19-wellington-to-picton-the-cook-strait/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060157.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Doesn't look rough; was.</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060155.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh enjoys the trip</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060138.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The South Island across the Cook Strait</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060258.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The road behind us</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060230.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Weather</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060207.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marlborough Sound</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060190.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marlborough Sound</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:10:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/24/day-20-queen-charlotte-track-and-the-hilltop-lookout/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060294.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh looks out on Kenepuru Sound</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060292.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mahau Sound</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060279.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The morning ferry arrives in PIcton</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060275.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Picton bay, looking out toward Grove Arm</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060327.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Looking across the Grove Arm toward Anakiwa (probably)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060322.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hilltop Lookout track</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060315.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kenepuru Sound from the Hilltop Lookout</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060309.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kenepuru Sound from the Hilltop Lookout</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060296.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kenepuru Sound looking out from the Queen Charlotte track.</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:10:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/25/day-21-dawn-service-nelson-and-back-to-picton/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060438.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset along state highway 6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060430.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset along state highway 6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060425.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset along state highway 6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060421.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Marlborough's shoe fence</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060409.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset along state highway 6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060405.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset along state highway 6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060401.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset along state highway 6</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060380.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Botanic Hill, Nelson</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060375.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nelson suburbs, from Botanic Hill</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060366.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Maitai Valley Road from Botanic Hill</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:10:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/26/day-22-picton-to-blenheim-and-kaikoura/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060552.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Puhi Puhi Ranges, SH1 (probably)</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060548.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Leigh on Kekerengu beach</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060547.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kekerengu beach</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060541.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kekerengu beach</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060529.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SH1, outside Blenheim</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060526.jpg</image:loc><image:title>State Highway 1, between Blenheim and Kaikoura</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060519.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SH1, near Lake Grassmere</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060518.jpg</image:loc><image:title>SH1, near Lake Grassmere</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060511.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blenheim</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060748.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Fishing boats and gulls, Kaikoura</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:10:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/27/day-23-kaikoura-to-christchurch/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060756.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kaikoura peninsula</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060777.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cormorant, South Bay, Kaikoura</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060752.jpg</image:loc><image:title>South Bay, Kaikoura</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060790.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christchurch, Cathedral Square</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060788.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christchurch, Cathedral Square</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060767.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kaikoura, Whaler's Bay</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:09:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/04/28/day-24-christchurch/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060836.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Addington Coffee Co-op</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060818.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christchurch, cardboard catherdral</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060815.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christchurch, cardboard catherdral</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060813.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christchurch, Cathedral Junction</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060812.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christchurch, tram</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060806.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christchurch, Avon</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060805.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christchurch, punting on the Avon</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060797.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christchurch, Botanic Garden</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p1060792.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christchurch, Poplar Grove</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:09:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2016/11/14/were-absolutely-fine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/new-zealand-earthquak-nh-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>new-zealand-earthquak-nh-4</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2018-06-12T22:04:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/2017/01/08/being-a-tourist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1080021.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kākā</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1080050.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Takahē</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1080045.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kākā</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://theobligatoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/p1080036.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Zealandia 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