New Zealand Photos, 2014
See also:
New Zealand:
full slideshow,
favourites slideshow
Australia: Photos,
full slideshow,
favourites slideshow
Australia and New Zealand:
full slideshow,
favourites
slideshow
We went to Australia and New Zealand for a bit over three week in March and
April 2014. This page shows the New Zealand photos. Also here's a slideshow
of them all. For Australia, go here.
Favourites
These are my favourite few photos if you just want a quick peek, and here's a
slideshow of
just these.
Preening cormorant |
Mountain angle |
First light |
Third light |
Queenstown classic |
Parasailing over Queenstown |
Three hills and a farm |
Mountain angles, Arrowtown |
Gibbston Valley winery |
Bungy jumper, Kawaru |
Braided river |
Parasail tricks |
Boat land and miss |
Beach landing |
Second light |
Mirror lakes |
Meadow and trees |
Misty cwm |
Stream and erosion |
Milford Sound panorama |
Light and dark |
High falls |
Waterfall base |
Waterfall splay |
Monochrome stream |
Glenorchy weird trees |
Glenorchy pier (and ducks) |
Zorro was here |
LOTR location |
Glenorchy cafe |
Queenstown singer |
Earnslaw profile |
Mountain and cloud |
Ship machinery |
Lakeside diagonal |
Little hill |
Tree and rock |
Omarama antiques |
Mount Cook approach |
Glacier cross |
Thorns |
Branches |
Rocky valley |
Glacial flower |
Canada geese in long grass |
Chapel reflection |
Christchurch cathedral, earthquaked |
Christchurch tram |
Line of boats |
Maori temple detail |
Maori haka |
Museum entranced |
Classic Auckland view |
Gulls at Muriwai |
Baby gull practicing |
Gulls at the edge |
Fisherman and the sea |
Muriwai coast |
Olympic bowspirit |
Lift bridge detail |
Wednesday 02 April 2014
Arrive in Queenstown from Sydney. Brief evening stroll.
Queenstown Airport |
At the hotel |
Down the boardwalk into town |
Preening cormorant |
Queenstown beach |
Lake view from beach |
Mountain angle |
Killarabbit |
Thursday 03 April 2014
Up Bob's Peak for view over Queenstown. To Arrowtown. Gibbstown winery
for lunch (and wine). Kawaru bridge for bungy jumping. Walk around Queenstown
gardens. Parasailing competition.
First light |
Early panorama from hotel |
Second light |
Third light |
Gondolas up Bob's Peak |
High panorama |
Queenstown classic HDR |
High and wide angle |
Queenstown classic |
Parasailing tandem |
Parasailing over Queenstown |
Wide-angle on Queenstown |
Tall trees turning |
Shotover river |
Trees turning on the hill |
Three hills and a farm |
Three trees and a mountain |
Old privy |
Tree splay |
Bend in the stream |
Arrowtown |
Arrowtown |
Leaves and angles, Arrowtown |
Mountain angles, Arrowtown |
Farmhouse and mountain |
Gibbston Valley winery |
Gibbston Valley winery |
Gibbston grapes |
Wine cavern, Gibbston |
Eleri reflection, Gibbston |
Bungy platform, Kawaru |
Bungy jumper, Kawaru |
Bungy jumper, Kawaru |
Bungy jumper, Kawaru |
Zip liners, Kawaru |
Bungy jumper, Kawaru |
Kawaru Gorge |
Braided river |
SS Earnslaw |
Queenstown other side panorama |
St Moritz hotel |
Bob's Peak |
Parasail tricks |
Filming parasailing |
Parasailing parent |
Boat land and miss |
Beach landing |
Balancing trick |
Friday 04 April 2014
Down to Milford Sound, stopping at various places along the way.
First light |
Second light |
Distant ranges |
Coach tour |
Mountain ranges |
Mirror lakes |
Mirror lakes |
Mirror lakes sign |
Meadow and trees |
Roadside falls |
Misty rocks |
Clean water |
Misty cwm |
Misty pass |
Rock streams |
Rainforest mossy stream |
Rainforest undergrowth |
Mountain stream |
Stream and erosion |
Stream erosion detail |
Sculpted rock |
Bus stopped |
Milford Sound harbour |
Milford Sound panorama |
Cliff markings |
High falls |
Boat near waterfall |
Multiple falls |
Gloom and a little boat |
Light and dark |
Another boat |
Curved falls |
Vanishing falls |
Sealions on rock |
Falls with splay base |
Waterfall splay |
Waterfall base |
Waterfall base |
Milford Sound panorama |
Monochrome stream |
Saturday 05 April 2014
Lord of the Rings location tour (and Top of the Lake). Craft market.
Earnslaw trip across the lake.
LOTR location |
LOTR location |
LOTR lake panorama |
Balin's car |
Glenorchy church |
Glenorchy library |
Glenorchy weird trees |
Glenorchy pier and path |
Glenorchy pier (and ducks) |
LOTR location |
Zorro was here |
Blasted trees |
LOTR location panorama |
LOTR location |
LOTR location |
Glenorchy cafe |
Empire's cause |
Misty mountain detail |
Misty mountains |
Queenstown evening panorama |
Moody Queenstown |
Queenstown craft market |
Queenstown singer |
Fayre tree |
Shark attack |
Earnslaw profile |
Earnslaw smoke |
Earnslaw engineer |
Moutain and cloud |
Earnslaw porthole view |
Mountain and cloud |
Mountain and cloud |
Mountain panorama |
Mountain panorama |
The old pianist |
Ship machinery |
Ship's chain |
Lakeside diagonal |
Sky frame |
Black smoke |
Mountain fold |
Lakeside cwm |
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Sunday 06 April 2014
Bus from Queenstown to Mount Cook, with stops along the way and a nice
walk when we got there. Sadly, the mountain was in cloud.
Little hill |
Treetops |
Tall trees |
Tree and rock |
Rolling hills |
Hill and cloud |
Empty hills |
Omarama |
Omarama antiques
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Omarama antiques |
Lake Tekapo |
Mount Cook approach |
Lunch when we got there
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Dry stream |
Thorns |
Branches |
Boardwalk |
Tree and glacier |
Treebeard |
Rock flow |
Mountain ducks |
Glacier cross |
Mountaineers |
Stony ground |
Rocky valley |
Moraine panorama |
Glacial flower |
Canada geese in long grass |
Monday 07 April 2014
From Mt Cook to Auckland by coach and plane, with a dalliance in a
recovering Christchurch.
Receding planes |
Denominationless chapel |
Chapel reflection |
Dog on rock |
Cafe in Geraldine |
Old pickup |
Rail crossing |
Repairs in Christchurch |
Christchurch club |
Christchurch river |
Christchurch waterwheel |
Christchurch cathedral, earthquaked |
Christchurch cathedral |
Christchurch tram |
Christchurch carries on |
Christchurch building prop |
Nice old advert |
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Tuesday 08 April 2014
Auckland tour. Maori museum. Ferry to Devonport and up Mt Victoria.
$300M Superyacht |
Line of boats |
Auckland from around coast |
Rangitoto |
Kiwi bus |
Maori temple |
Maori temple detail |
Maori haka |
Maori hall |
Museum entranced |
Auckland docks |
Devonport beach |
Devonport arcade |
The end of work |
Devonport museum of the vernacular |
Auckland from Devonport |
Rangitoto from Devonport |
Mushrooms on Mt Victoria |
Photographing mushrooms |
Superyacht leaving |
Auckland panorama |
Classic Auckland view |
Auckland CBD panorama |
Queen Street crossing |
Wednesday 09 April 2014
Mount Eden. Craft shop. Soljans winery. Muriwai beach. Matua winery.
Auckland front.
Mt Eden panorama |
Mt Eden caldera |
Craft shop |
Soljans winery |
Soljans vines |
Gulls at Muriwai |
Baby gull practicing |
Gulls at the edge |
Fisherman and the sea |
Muriwai coast |
Matua winery |
Olympic bowspirit |
Barcode |
Roll bridge |
Tall master |
Barcode bridge |
Dock art |
Dockside HDR |
Lift bridge |
Lift bridge detail |
Thursday 10 April 2014
Hooome.
Eleri and the dwarf |
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