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The Glowworm Cave of Te Anau, Part II

The Glowworm Cave of Te Anau, Part II

This is the second part of our post on my visit to the Glowworm Caves of Te Anau. Read Part I here. “Te Anau”  in Maori, is actually said to mean, “the cave with a current of swirling water,” which led to the Glowworm Caves’ rediscovery in 1948. After a walk crouched down low, the … Continue reading

The Glowworm Cave of Te Anau, Part I

The Glowworm Cave of Te Anau, Part I

It kept spinning over and over in my head:  “The Glowworm Song” that I remembered as a kid. “Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer….”  It hit number one on the Billboard Charts in 1952, and there’s  a Youtube video of the Mills Brothers singing it on the Nat King Cole Show in 1957.     Since then, I’ve … Continue reading