Christchurch Cathedral
Cathedral Square
The Cathedral again
Performers in the square
The Performers in the Square
Punting on the River Avon
The Park opposite my hotel
Sculpture in Cathedral square
On a tram
The nice looking shops
Outside view of a tram
Mist over the hills, Lyttleton Harbour
Lyttleton Harbour
The park opposite my hotel
The time tower at Lyttleton Harbour
A lovely day as we cruise out of the harbour
Some birds
The remains of a boat that blew up
More Birds
The clouds were never far away
The views were lovely
A Dolphin
More Dolphins
Dolphins again
They're still there
A last view as the Dolphins depart
Back to clear skies and blue water
The views were stunning
More views
and more views
The mountains shrouded in cloud
Views
Views
I want to live there
We came across some botas
They were quite good
Lyttleton Harbour from the sea
Lyttleton Harbour
Lyttleton Harbour yet again
Lake Tekapo, yes it is that blue!
Lake Tekapo
Lake Tekapo still
Me by Lake Tekapo
The view of lake Tekapo from half way up the hill we climbed
A View down the Valley Lake Tekapo's in
Lake Tekapo from the top of the hill, it was worth the hot climb!
The obligatory group photo when we got to the top of the hill
A Canal, Mt Cooke in the background
Mt Cooke
Swimming in Lake Ohau
Swimming in Lake Ohau
That's the calm bit of the river we came down
I'm all set
The great outdoor changing room
Time to get wet
Time to get really wet!
Then a bit of training
Oh, that water's cold
OK, now this is hard work
Now it's just silly, and FUN!
A photo stop on the way to Milford Sound
We'll get back on the bus soon
Look! I was really there
Mirror Lakes
A Stream
Low clouds
Waterfalls
Me Again! I was there.
Milford Sound
Our first waterfall of the Sound
More low cloud
some of the group on the boat
some more of the group on the boat
Everyone's taking photos
More views and waterfalls
More views and waterfalls
Greenary
More views
More waterfalls
More views
More views with clouds
Stunning
Another group photo
more cloudy views
Closer view the vegitation
Yet more waterfalls
The stunning views keep coming
Yet more waterfalls
Yet more waterfalls
Seals
This time we get closer...
and closer...
...and still closer...
Nice slose shot
We're heading back now...
There's other boats about
Now we have views of glaciers
...and more green mountains
A finale waterfall
Photo stop on the way home
Yes, that's snow
A lot of snow for summer
With river tunnels
Another photo op at a lake!
Preparing to go up the Dart river
Jet Boating up the Dart river
Jet Boating up the Dart river
A tributary feeding into the Dart river
Dart river scenary
Going for a walk up the Dart river
Yes, the water's really that blue
Another view of the blue water
A Sidestream
The Canyon swing
A nervious view of the swing ahead
Canyon Swinging
It's a long way down
Preparing to do my second jump (Backwards!)
Canyon Swinging
Canyon Swinging
Canyon Swinging
Canyon Swinging
Canyon Swinging
Fox Glacier
Me below Fox Glacier
Also me below Fox Glacier
Walking to Fox Glacier, through rainforest
A view down the valley below Fox Glacier
We stopped for a break on the way
The Glacier was quite mucky near its terminus
Yep, quite mucky
It looked cleaner further up
There's ice falls up there!
We're about to get on that
We're on the glacier
The guide even cut steps for you
Posing with sticks
Thanks Fleur!
The obligatory group photo
Ice and Rainforsest
More of the Glacier
Don't stand under those big rocks balanced on the top!!
A closeup of the glacier
Mucky meltwater
Returning from looking for Glow Worms
Dinner in Christchurch
Lots of time for pictures
Where's my dinner?
Deane Showing off after dinner!
Martin shows how to dance
Another take on dancing
Zoe and Anna pose
The nervous group before our skydives
Jon ready to jump
Simone Ready to jump
Deane looking a bit too confident before his jump
The plane we jumped out of
Ruth and Evelyn looking nervous before their jump
Here someone comes, back to earth
Preparing for landing
And another one
And still they come
It was Nothing for Deane
Deano celebrates with his instructor
Jon and Simone celebrate still being alive!
Oh look here comes someone else
Ruth and Evelyn looking much happier than earlier!
Yolande's happy with her jump
The obligatory survivors photo
'P' Party - Patriot and Pregnant
'P' Party - Punk
'P' Party - Porn Star
'P' Party
'P' Party - PJs
'P' Party - Pink Ladies
Picturesque Picton Harbour
Picturesque Picton Harbour
On the Ferry
A well earned rest
Cooke Strait
Wellinton
Wellinton
Wellinton
Dinner in Wellington
Dinner in Wellington
Evelyn's last night
It's a squeeze in the hot tub! ;-)
The Maori thermal village
The cooking pool at the thermal village
Hot water to the bathing area
Geysers
Geysers
Geysers
A Maori instrument being played
Maori meeting place
Maori cultural show
Maori cultural show
Maori cultural show
View of Rotorua
View of Rotorua
Mel Goes OTT with the napkin
Mel on the Mechanical Surfboard
Deane on the Mechanical Surfboard
A Few Jugs of Beer were drunk
The French Rocket
Aussie style dancing
Fleur on the Mechanical Surfboard
Abbey on the Mechanical Surfboard
Mel impersonates a Maori
I impersonate a Maori
The surfboard comp winners
PJs
We went Sailing
The weather was great
Sunbathing!
..and Great views
..and more Great views
..and still more Great views
Little islands everywhere
Even the sea was putting on a show
Then we found dolphins, to swim with!!
Our lunchtime beach
The boat
More sunbathing
Then more back on the boat
Oh well the clouds are coming
Back at the hotel - Wes in drag
Go Wes!!
Work the crowd!
Offers from Abbey!?
Group massage
The survivors back in Auckland
Taking shade under a boat
The last of the Aussies depart
Me and Alex jumped off that!!
We landed on that Glass target
The skytower's quite high!
Really high!
My hotel by the harbour
Another view of my hotel
The next day I did the Vertigo Climb
Spectacular views
It was great!
We climnbed to the orange marker
The harbour view from my hotel restaurant
My Hotel in Hawaii
The Beach in Hawaii
The View from my hotel balcony
The view the 'other way'
Sunset viewed from my dinner table
Sunset viewed from my dinner table
A crap picture of the flaming torches they light at sunset
A band playing on my last night