Amanda and I spent 1.5 months in New Zealand in early 2005, traveling around the North and South Islands.
New Zealand
giant kauri
typical north island scene
90 mile beach
somewhere near the bay of islands
near the bay of islands
maori museum
maori carvings
random waterfall
kaueranga kauri trail on the coromandel peninsula
kauri trail
dam
view from the pinnacles
ahhhh!!!!
limestone arch
sunset
thermal wonderland
gargantuan moth
huka falls
tongariro crossing
tongariro
tongariro
yummy
wilkes pools near taranaki
taranaki
random waterfall
one of many beautiful sunsets
wellington
does this thing work?
colorful boats
near nelson on the s island
abel tasman
cool carvings
nelson lakes natl park
long bridge
view from the bridge
beautiful coastline
coast
punakaiki blowholes in action
south of punakaiki
avalanche peak in arthurs pass natl park
view from avalanche peak
we camped near those grassy spots
sunset on avalanche peak
amazing sunrise from our campspot
crow’s glacier??
butt skiing
hiking back down toward arthur’s pass
franz josef glacier
remote coastilne
fox glacier from the beach
ice climbing adventure!
rugged glacier trek
don’t fall
canyoneering near wanaka
our crew
start of the routeburn track
routeburn
routeburn falls
amazing views from the routeburn
alpine meanders
stoked
a storm is coming
lake on the top
kea = alpine parrot
random waterfall
rainbow on the routeburn
beautiful lake by the hut we stayed in
another u-shaped valley
after an epic hike out in a crazy rainstorm
above queenstown
slicktrack
queenstown
fjordland
milford
welcome to milford sound
waterfall in milford
mitre peak in milford
doubtful sound
doubtful before the wind picked up
doubtful
doubtful
the day we abandoned our van
stewart island
stewart island
we saw a kiwi!
stewart island
stewart island
hitching near the catlins
pengui in a petrified forest
dunedin?
near mount cook
mt. cook
amanda and me with mt cook in the background
sealy tarns and mt cook
mt cook sunset
sunrise near mt cook
mt cook
christchurch
time to leave