Saturday, January 22, 2011

A little bit of New Zealand

Our roommates in Wellington, Kelda and Tanya with Ev.

On the Tongariro Crossing, Mt. Ngarohoe in the back (a.k.a Mt Doom-LOTR)

Volcanic crater on the Tongariro Crossing, North Island.

View from our hut on the Tongariro Crossing. Lake Taupo in the horizon.

Evelyn's sister Arianna and hubby Ashleigh on our Canoe trip down the Whanganui River, North Island, Christmas Holidays.

Traditional Maori carving by one of the huts on the Whanganui River.

The Artist's Palette in Rotorua, North Island. Steaming geothermal pools.
Devil's bath in Rotorua. Residual minerals from the earth leach into the water to make this neon colour.
One of David's work sites in Wellington. Best view ever on a job!

Mama duck teaching her little one her tricks by the Queen Charlotte Track, Marlborough Sounds, South Island.

Classic landscape in the Sounds. With the quintessential NZ Silver fern. South Island.

NZ and its sheep...common but always picturesque.

The Marlborough Sounds in all its beauty.

Vineyards as far as the eye can see...Marlborough wine region.

Wide open beach by Farewell Spit, 30km long sand spit at the top of Golden Bay.

The wild beaches of the South Island.

David happy-as-can-be climbing a crag by Abel Tasman National Park.

New Zealand Falcon perched above our tent in the Abel Tasman.

At one of the seal colonies at Abel Tasman Park.