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| NEW ZEALAND |
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| A curving golden bay along the Abel Tasman Coastal Track |
| Hangliders at Coronet Peak near Queenstown |
| Another of the many inviting beaches along the Abel Tasman Coastal Track |
| Silt-laden tourquoise waters of Lake Pukaki between Christchurch and Queenstown |
| The boiling hot "Chanpagne Pools" near Rotorua in the geothermal centre of the North Island |
| Some random yet captivating ideal scenery near the Marlborough Sounds |
| Crossing the shoulder of a volcano with the appropriately named "Blue Lake" on the horizon, along the Tongariro Crossing |
| The Interislander ferry heads through the deep channel leading to Picton - gateway to the South Island |
| A huge and impressively articulate carving marks the end of the Abel Tasman Coastal Track |
| Trekking on the Fox Glacier on the middle west coast of the South Island near Mt. Cook |
| Picture postcard view of Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu |
| Sulphurous lakes along the Tongariro Crossing |
| View of Auckland from Mount Victoria on the north shore |
| A cheeky Kea poses near the entrance to the Homer tunnel which leads to Milford Sound |
| I lived in New Zealand from 1992 to 1998 and have made the effort to visit many of its most beautiful places. Since I left and started travelling more intensively, I have still to find a country which offers so much abundant and diverse natural beauty in such compact proximity. Considering it is such a beautiful and special place, I don't have enough pictures here to do it justice -- yet... |
| The best time to visit is usually from mid-January, when school holidays are finished, until March or April when the weather usually falls apart. Most of the rest of the year New Zealand can be a very wet place indeed, but this is why it's so green and lush. Many people from the other end of the world do a combined trip with Australia, and most that I talk to wish they had given New Zealand more of their time. I often had the feeling of living in a national park, with Auckland being the only city of any real magnitude, and the rest of the country remaining lightly populated and relaxed like no other. Many of the "down-country" dwellers regard Auckland with contempt, and say that "New Zealand starts at the Bombays", referring to the Bombay Hills just south of the city. Still, there is a lot to see north of Auckland as well, and I persoanlly think Auckland - only a decade ago a pretty drab looking place - has evolved into one of the more attractive and happening cities of the Pacific Rim. |
| I have only a few sample images of New Zealand here at this time, as more of my focus has been on other places since I started building the website, but I hope to add more when I get time for it - sometime in this life hopefully! Enjoy! |
| Auckland |
| Waitomo & Tongariro Crossing |
| Abel Tasman National Park |
| Milford Sound |
| Queenstown |