Part 5 - New Zealand

Had a brilliant time in New Zealand. As well as seeing the great scenery below, I also did Sea Kayaking, Black Water Rafting, Sky Diving, Glacier Trekking and Bungy Jumping

Auckland viewed from Mt Eden

Cathedral Cove


Rotorua

Tamaki Maori Village

Geyser


Hot mudpools



Left to right - Mark, Tim, Faissal and me



Wellington


Parliament Building

Viewed from top of cable car


South Island

Pancake Rocks


Hiking the Franz Josef Glacier


Lake Wanaka

Dark and brooding - the Milford Sound


Queenstown

The tourist, party and adventure capital of NZ





Tim, Faissal and Me



Mt Cook - highest in NZ

Aotearoa - Land of the long white cloud



back to the North Island...


Tongariro Crossing

A brilliant walk, probably the best one ive ever done. 10 miles or so plus a climb (scramble)up this 2200m volcano below (and a fall down). Im not a Lord of the Rings fan myself, but for anyone who is apparently this was Mount Doom:



The Red Crater



The Emerald Lakes (with hot steam coming out of the ground)



View over Lake Taupo





Moving on towards the East Cape, this is sunset over the Bay of Plenty




Part 4 - Australia

The Pinnacles




Dolphins at Monkey Mia. I got to feed one of them




Cable Beach at sunset




Kakadu National Park




Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House. To get this view you have to walk round to Mrs MacQuaries point




These next few are actually from my last visit in 2005 but I thought id include them anyway:


Uluru




Summer Bay, which is set in Palm Beach just north of Sydney




Great Ocean Road