New Zealand

Our Travels in New Zealand - Starting at Bryan's mum's place in Cheviot (we were kept busy!), travel throughout the North of the South Island and then our photo's from the North Island and Christmas.
       
The Pop Top Caravan - Retro Style Ivans Mobility Alfie Trimming his Mum's Tree's  
  Top of Mount Isobel Joan in the pop top Sandy and Alfie
Joan admiring the foilage A Beetle Why are we bending down? Alfie looking over the edge as usual
Pelorus River a bit cold then Alfie???
Pelorus River
 West Coast-Walk to the beach at top of south island Alfie in the sand along the way
  Farewell Spit furthest point of South Island
A bit windy
 Interesting things in these tiny museums.
Pupu springs Lovely clear water   Abel Tasmin Memorial
Is this where we go in? Nguru ? Caves     Oldest name mentioned....
Blowholes..... Great day for it - rough seas and windy Layers of rock...like pancakes  
The blow in the hole      
The lovely west coast weather - so we went home Play Jingle Bells View to the garden at Joan's Place Shala - Bryan's Dog - Lovely Dog she is
Cheviot's Train Station Clever - using the golf ball like that.   Gore Bay - nr Cheviot
Cathedral Rocks in Gore Bay Ferry to North Island from Picton Making a Monster Exhibition  
A typical road sign with Maori place names Wairakei Falls - a series of dams   Wood Carvings found in Tokoroa
More wood carvings In the caravan Reading - normal activity for us Maybe orange but better than a tent!
Cows and nice scenery On the luge trying to avoid Bryan doing stunts in front of me.   At the top of the Gondala - Luge
At the buried village In the old pub that got buried with volcanic lava. View out to where the pink and white terraces were over the range in the back. Just eating a carrot.
Zorbing in Rotoroa We did the course on the right Bryan at the end of his Zorb Traveling belly in action
The local park with volcanic craters One crator errupted the day before we visited Wai-o-tapu Thunder crator
Devils ink pots Nice hat Explaination of what all the colours in the thermal park - in particular the next photo The Artists Palette
  A great big green lake   The edge of the Artists Palette
  The devils bath (I think) it's more bright yellow than it looks green here The mud pools - see the movie Lake Taupo - it's as big as Singapore
  At the beginning of Tongariro Crossing    
Little white flowers - which looked like snow from a distance      
      It was a trek up - worth a few photo's just for getting there
  The blue lakes....lunch stop was at the bottom Volcanic gas View up from the blue lake - it's actually called that
    Way back down - more gas One legged duck we found in wellington
Haircuts - looking out to Wellington City from Botanic Gardens Cheviot walking group break up (p**s up) Ooh I do like your hat Joan Bryan's brillant making of a christmas tree from pine tree branches from the back
Joan's lovely front garden Joan's sheep (4 of 5) in one of the back paddocks   More front garden
Christchurch city centre - very english More christchurch   Christchurch has trams
       
And then from here we left for Melbourne.... to be Continued...........