New Zealand Photos

Cool sculpted archway in downtown Auckland, NZ

D is for Dave

This is not Lynette or I. I just thought they were cool shots, one showing the city below. And with my fear of heights I can't believe anyone would do this!

This tree in a park reminded me of the phone tower that was installed at Disney's Animal Kingdom and disguised as a tree. Only this one is real, so trees do really look like that!

This is a shot of the back deck at our lodge on Waiheke island which is a 35 minute ferry ride from the coast of Auckland. We spent 4 nights there.

What a beautiful place Waiheke was. This is one of the beautiful views of the many beaches. the flowers are amazing there.

Here I am posing happy but really freaked about the idea of driving on the left side of the roads.

The photos just don't do these locations justice. We took these while driving around the hills of Waiheke island. We stopped at a winery for lunch and had what was supposedly the Best Pizza in the World! It WAS pretty darn good.

Waiheke is very hilly and there are these really windey tight foot paths that lead from the upper towns and main roads down to the beaches. Lynette is decending this one that took us on a short-cut through the woods to our lodge.

It was amazing stepping off the plain to see this view. We had just landed in Queenstown on the South island of New Zealand where we are now. We will take off on our 5 day trek the day after tomorrow. We're really excited. I'm sure I'll have some amazing photos after that.

Here is a shot of the lake which is right across from our hostel here in Queenstown. The air here is cool, and it also seems to be very crisp. It just smells and feels really clean. The water is so clear and blue. Its weird to see water like this amidst mountains rather than in a tropical setting.

Here's a photo of our amazing accomodations in the hostel in Queenstown. Just enough room to get around the twin beds. The bathroom is down the hall.