Our New Zealand trip, Easter 2004 [click for larger photos] ...Return home
 Pristine motorhome (Christchurch) |
 Trundling along on the snowmobile |
 Morning snow on Mt Hutt |
 Looking upstream at Rakaia Gorge |
 Christchurch taxis |
 The Boatshed (20 years on) |
 Some motorhomes were bigger than ours |
 Peel Forest, on Rangitata River (and 90 cent ice creams!) |
 Alexei's night-time resting place |
 Meet the parents |
 The Church of the Good Shepherd (Lake Tekapo) |
 The morning 'sun' over Mt Cook |
 A very classy breakfast at the Hermitage |
 Anna's Titanic style (Tasman Glacier icebergs) |
 Going 'ashore' onto the iceberg |
 Alexei on ice |
 Pip and Anna fashion shoot |
 Bungee jumping at over $100 a pop! |
 A and A up high (Queenstown) |
 Anna at high speed on the Queenstown luge |
 Should have ordered the 360º bull bar |
 Where's the tin gone? (help!) |
 What on earth? (Korean jail, if you must know) |
 Aragorn's Cliff, A and A |
 Shotover River |
 An illegal mid-spin photographer's blur |
 The official photo |
 Yet another (very nice) LOTR shot |
 Ivan relocating the summit sign... |
 Grahame, Pip and our chartered Cessna |
 Ready for takeoff, Wanaka Airport |
 Mt Aspiring |
 Olivine Ice Plateau |
 The pilot is on the left! |
 Mitre Peak and the Footstool |
 Bowen Falls dwarfed by the surrounding 'hills' |
 Sea mist rolling into Sound |
 Signature fern, Haast Pass |
 Restricted passing places north of Haast |
 Anna soaking up the sun |
 Ivan (not driving we hope) |
 Co-pilot Alexei |
 Lake Matheson |
 Coastal sunset on Hokitika River |
 Combination vehicle/rail bridge |
 North of Greymouth |
 Hawks Crag Cutting |
 How on earth did they do it? |
 Pepper getting a good view |
 Pip concentrating... |
 Alexei and Anna enjoying each other |
 Very hairy (and organised) sheep at top of Buller River |
 Lake Rotoiti |
 Jetty at Lake Rotoiti |
 The water is deeeep, and clear! |
 Anna getting her feet wet |
 Alexei and Anna sorting photos |
 Picton Ferry trucks were small... |
 Leaving Picton Harbour |
 View of Queen Charlotte Sound |
 Getting comfortable in Embassy Theatre, Wellington |
 Low-flying cafe, on the road to Tongariro |
 The artist is Jeff Thompson |
 Whakapapa skifield, autumn |
 Defending the duck, Lake Rotorua |
 Huka Falls jet boat |
 Lake Ohakuri 'resort' |
 Pip and Ivan waiting for Diamond Geyser |
 The Orakei Korako ferry |
 Departing view of Lake Ohakuri |
 Rotorua Museum |
 Blue Baths, and Duck... |
 Anna hugging a kiwi |
 Take care! |
 Matamata, Worker's Cafe |
 Arrival at Hobbiton, outside Matamata |
 Party Tree was too big to hug |
 Why this site was chosen |
 Quite different now |
 The journey home was tiring! |
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