Aust/NZ

Christchurch is a pleasant little city. The centre is the Cathedral
Square, containing surprise surprise a cathedral, as well as some
market stalls and The Chalice.

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I’m catching up on some of the older photos I have from my
trip. Before I came to NZ, I had two days on Surfers Paradise where I
eased myself into holiday mode.

I stayed in the centre of town on the 30th floor of the BreakFree
Beachcombers Hotel. Cheap room so I wasn’t facing the beach, but it
was across the road.

I was a full on tourist and went on the local “Duck” ride, a
combination bus/boat. It was a bit dark for photography, but here are
a couple of shots anyway.

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The air show over, we packed up our room and hit the road. With 6
hours to travel about 90km, we had time to visit some family and see
some sights. Our first stop was Lake Hawea, where Andy & Mike’s cousin
Scott was holidaying with his wife and family.

From left to right:

• Andy
• Scott
• Jonty
• Thomas (Tom-Tom)
• Trudi
• Mike
• Yours Truly

Lake Hawea is a hydroelectric lake, but of course is just as scenic as
the rest of the South Island.

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I went jetboating yesterday on the Shotover River just outside of Queenstown. Lots of fun. Took hundreds of photos. These are some of the few that came out.

Shotover Jet

Shotover River

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It was outside my hotel window, so in between forays to the bar, I took some photos.

A news article about the fire.

Click on the photos for larger versions. I was experimenting with different modes of my camera if you were wondering why it seems to jump back into daylight as it gets later.

Edit: Added some more photos this morning (20th)

Time: 18:38

Time: 19:25

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I’m off to Gisborne on the East coast for the weekend and will be away from the computer. Then next week I’m off on the road to Auckland to get the flight to Nairobi on the 1st.

I picked up a new camera in duty free on my way out of Melbourne. It’s shockproof and waterproof and thus ideal for my rough handling. Anyway, here are my first few attempts at photography. Click on the photos for larger images.

Milk Train coming through Manawatu Gorge.

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My travel adventures may be here soon. Or not.