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Trip to New Zealand

• Air New Zealand Boeing 747
• New Zealand Coast
• Our Maui Camper
• Auckland Sky Tower
• Bungee jumper
• Birds in cafe
• Joel with Auckland Skyline
• Sail NZ America Cup Yacht
• A wet Cris
• Auckland Skyline
• Driving out of Auckland
• New Zealand Ferns
• New Zealand Countryside
• Hundertwasser toilet 1
• Hundertwasser toilet 2
• Hundertwasser toilet 3
• Kauri stump
• War canoe
• Maori Carving
• Campsite with the two campers
• Sunrise in the Bay of Islands
• The rolling hills of Northland
• Cris, Opo and boy
• 90 Mile Beach
• Looking across the bay
• Tane Mahuta
• Kauri coast countryside
• Sunset on the Kauri coast
• A fog bound SH1
• Hamilton Gardens
• Sheep covered hills
• Party field and the lake
• Bagshot Row
• Bag End and Hobbiton
• Cris bottlefeeds a lamb
• Maori carving
• Maori Warriors
• Maori singer
• Boiling mud pool
• Steam halo
• Maori Warrior
• Pronounce this name!
• Pohutu Geyser
• Thermal park
• Boiling Mudpools
• Steam clouds
• Red border caused by iron
• Yellow sulpher lake
• Sunset on the road to Taupo
• Cris with our dinner
• Lake Taupo
• Rangipo Desert
• Giant Gumboot
• New Zealand Countryside
• The beach
• Seashells
• Quen Elizabeth Park
• A fully organic meal
• Start of the coastal drive
• Sign at the start of the coastal drive
• Wellington Harbour
• Mao Point looking towards the Cook Straits
• Parliment building
• Ladys Chapel
• Civic Square, Wellington
• The ferry arrives
• Arriving to the South Island
• A sheltered bay
• Another sheltered bay
• Looking out towards Cook Straits
• Joel is happy!
• Joel and Eric deep in conversation
• Kaikoura beach
• There she blows!
• Admiring our first whale
• First whale dives
• Second whale dives
• Third whale dives
• Fourth whale dives
• Hector Dolphins at play
• Kaikoura mountains
• Barren hillsides
• River valley
• Cris with some leaves
• On the banks of a river
• Cape Foulwind Beach
• Joel on the walkway
• Seal Colony
• Seal Colony
• Seal Colony
• Start of the Truman Track
• Joel and waterfall
• Crowded beach
• Pancake Rocks
• Pancake Rocks
• Pancake Rocks
• Pancake Rocks
• Railway bridge 1
• Railway bridge 2
• First sight of the glacier
• View of the glacier from the viewing area
• Path back from the viewing area
• Maui camper vans
• Valley carved by the Fox Glacier
• Looking up the glacier
• Climbing down a crevice
• Looking down the glacier
• Trying to show the scale
• Mountain climber!
• Waking by the lake
• Sunrise streaks the sky
• The still lake
• A disgruntled sheep
• Forest path
• Morning breakers
• A disgruntled sheep
• Swing Bridge
• Blue Pools
• Mountain reflected in the Blue Pools
• Deer on the hillside
• View of Lake Wanaka
• View of Lake Hawea 1
• View of Lake Hawea 2
• View of Lake Hawea 3
• Arrival in Wanaka
• The cooks and their handiwork
• Shepherds Pie
• David with the leftovers
• At the breakfast table
• Lake Wakatipu
• David trying on hats
• Joel at the lakeshore
• Joel with internet
• Cris with ice-cream
• Lake Te Anau
• Joel and Cris at Knobs Flat
• View over Mirror Lakes
• Mirror Lakes sign
• Mountain creek
• Stop for the Kea
• Kea showing his best side 1
• Kea showing his best side 2
• View from Homer Tunnel
• Ferns at the Chasm forest track
• The Chasm viewing platform
• Mitre Peak from the carpark
• Mitre Peak from the Ferry terminal
• Cris and David in Milford Sound
• David contemplates the Tasman Sea
• Heading back up Milford Sound
• Cris and Joel in Milford Sound
• Seal Rock
• Stirling Falls
• Stirling Falls
• David in the maze
• The maze from one of the towers
• David and Joel in the maze
• Leaning Tower of Wanaka
• Cinema Paradiso
• Relaxing in the cinema
• Joel enjoying his cookie
• Lake Wanaka 1
• Helwick Street
• Lake Wanaka 2
• Leaving Wanaka 1
• Leaving Wanaka 2
• Lindts Pass 1
• Lindts Pass 2
• Lindts Pass 3
• Lindts Pass 4
• Joel updates the journal
• Cris at the wheel
• The road to Oamaru
• Lake Aviemore
• Moeraki Boulders 1
• Moeraki Boulders 2
• Moeraki Boulders 3
• Moeraki Boulders 4
• Construction at Oamaru breakwater
• Cris heads to the shower
• Outside Timaru i-site
• Timaru Cathedral
• Road from Oamaru to Christchurch
• Giant Salmon at Rakaia
• North Hagley Park, Christchurch
• North Hagley Park, Christchurch
• Cathedral Square, Christchurch
• Cris at the back of the camper van
• Joel at the front of the camper van
• At the dump station
• Enjoy the journey
• Leaving the camper
• Leaving New Zealand