New Zealand

After months of planning we set off on our wonderful adventure. New Zealand here we come. We had 3 weeks of fantastic scenery, visiting lots of wonderful places and best of all having fun. We arrived in Auckland on the Tues evening and picked up our camper the next morning. Then we set off on our adventure.

 This was our little home for the next 3 weeks. Very comfy and some luxury. 

(different from our usual camping experiences!)

 Ma ma & Pa at Cape Reinga 

(northern point on the North Island)

 Pa surfing the big sand dune

 On Pa's birthday we went on the Gondola in Rotorua and 

we were able to have 7 Luge rides each. 

That took us back to our childhood days of go carts & billy carts

 At the Tamaki Maori Village Pa learnt how to do the Huka

 The Wai-O-Tapu Geiser

 The beautiful Huka Falls

 The Wellington Cable Car

 We rode the Trans Alpine Train from Christchurch to Greymouth. 

We stopped at Arthur's Pass

 Pa was in Heaven when we found and did a tour of the Chocolate Factory in Dunedin.

 We boarded the MV Sinbad to cruise Milford Sound

 It was raining while we cruised the Sound so we saw many beautiful waterfalls 

 At Queenstown we sailed across the lake to Walter Peak Station on the TSS Earnslaw Steamship

 Some Highland Cattle at the Farm

 Some Big Things (Fruit)

 Ma ma and Pa up in the snow

 In front of the Franz Josef Glacier

 Coast line near Greymouth

 

A Blow hole at Pancake Rocks

 Ma ma all rugged up to experience a snow storm at the International Antarctic Centre