North Island:
Haere Mai - welcome to New Zealand!
AUCKLAND, Mount Eden:
Auckland Harbour, Harbour Bridge:
Auckland Harbour:
Merrowvale Miniature Village:
WAITOMO, Waitomo Caves - Glow Worm Grotto:
The Organ:
Cathedral:
Glow-worm Threads:
TE AWAMUTU. Farmstay:
ROTURUA:
ROTURUA: Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve:
(Traditional Entrance Gate at Whakarewarewa)
Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve:
(A mudpot)
Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve:
(A Geyser)
Pohutu Geyser at Whakarewarewa:
ROTURUA: Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland:
(New Zealand's Most Colourful Thermal Area)
ROTURUA: Rainbow and Fairy Springs:
(Kiwi, a flightless nocturnal bird, NZ's national emblem)
South Island:
CHRISTCHURCH: University of Canterbury:
Cashmere Hills:
CANTEBURY PLAINS, background Southern Alps:
Lake Tekapo:
Lake Tekapo, Church of the Good Shepherd:
Lake Pukaki:
Lake Pukaki:
MOUNT COOK NATIONAL PARK:
Mount Cook National Park:
Mount Cook and Lake Pukaki:
"View of Views". Mount Tasman and Mount Cook from Lake Metheson, Westland:
Mount Cook, the highest mountain in New Zealand, 3754m. From the Hermitage:
The Hermitage:
(Mount Cook Village - serves as a tourist centre and base camp for mountaineers, and lies within the borders of Mount Cook National Park. The Hermitage, the name of which dates back to the original hotel built in 1884, is a prominent and popular location in the village, and is sometimes used as an alternative name for the settlement)
CROMWELL:
(a town in Central Otago in the Otago region)
Kawarau River:
(Kawarau River drains Lake Wakatipu, in northwestern Otago, New Zealand. The river flows generally eastwards for about 60 km and passes through the steep Kawarau Gorge until it joins Lake Dunstan near Cromwell. The Shotover River enters it from the north; the Nevis River enters it from the south)
Kawarau Bridge:
(43m above the river, and a Category I historic place, it is the site of the world's first commercial bungy jumping operation)
ARROWTOWN::
(Just 18km from Queenstown is the beautiful and historic Arrowtown, a timeless and peaceful town with an atmosphere and charm all its own. It is a historic gold mining town in the Otago region. Arrowtown is located on the banks of the Arrow River. There are many well preserved buildings used by European and Chinese/Shinto Japanese immigrants dating from the gold mining days of the town)
Arrowtown:
CORONET PEAK:
Coronet Peak Chairlift:
(The Million Dollar View)
(It has 120 chairs that can lift 880 skiers per hour to the top of the Coronet Peak which is 5413 feet above sea level. It was built in 1964)
Coronet Peak:
(It is a commercial skifield in Otago located 18 kilometres to the northeast of the town of Queenstown and seven kilometres west of Arrowtown, on the southern slopes of the 1,649 metre peak which shares its name. A popular ski resort in the Southern Hemisphere, Coronet Peak offers a long snow season, excellent skiing and snowboarding terrain and lift systems)
Coronet Peak:
QUEENSTOWN:
Shotover River Bridge:
(Located on the main Queenstown-Cromwell highway between Frankton and Lake Hayes, is this imposing modern bridge. The river being crossed is the famous Shotover. renowned for the amount of gold it has yielded to prospectors since gold was discovered in the Lake Wakatipu district in the 1860's)
Shotover River from Arthurs Point looking towards Big Beach:
Heli-Jet Adventure in Queenstown:
View from the helicopter:
Preparing to ride the Jet Boat:
Wow!
Shotover Jet Boat and Edith Cawell Bridge, Arthurs Point:
Queenstown:
Earnslaw Park in Queenstown:
Lake Wakatipu:
The Remarkables from Queenstown:
Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables:
Lake Wakatipu at Queenstown:
TSS Earnslaw:
(It is a 1912 vintage twin screw steamer plying the waters of Lake Wakatipu. It is one of the oldest tourist attractions in Central Otago, and the only remaining passenger-carrying coal-fired steamship in the southern hemisphere. The Earnslaw was named after Mount Earnslaw, a 2889 metre peak at the head of Lake Wakatipu. She was to be 48 metres long , the biggest boat on the lake)
Lake Wakatipu in the evening:
Background: Walter Peak:
Exploring Queenstown:
St Peter's Cathedral:
Queenstown Mall:
(A favourite place with buskers and street entertainers and during summer and winter festivals downtown Queenstown throbs with activities)
The O'Connell's Shopping Pavilion and Food Hall:
(It is a focal point for visitors. There's a huge range of food outlets and retail shops and it's a great meeting and entertainment place)
FIORDLAND NATIONAL PARK:
(Covering over 1.2 million hectares, it is New Zealand's largest National Park and one of the largest in the world. The park, together with the adjoining Mount Aspiring National Park, occupies the south west corner of the South Island and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site)
Lake Te Anau:
(Murchison Mountains in the background. Fiordland)
Mitre Peak (1695m):
(reflected in Milford Sound)
Milford Sound:
CHRISTCHURCH:
Queen Victoria:
Captain James Cook:
General Post Office:
Christchurch Cathedral:
Christchurch Cathedral:
Bridge of Remembrance:
Rose Garden, Botanic Gardens:
City Mall:
Avon River:
Christchurch Town Hall and Ferrier Fountain on the banks of the Avon River:
Christchurch International Airport:
Straits Times travel article on 15/8/2013:
