Post #180499 by hewey on Wed, Aug 17, 2005 10:46 PM

Hey tiki lovers. These are some of the photos of my trip to NZ. Unfortuneately I was 14 (now 22) and wasnt into tiki (although it probably helped get me here).

Thought you might enjoy. If you have any questions re. NZ I will try and help out.

Enjoy.

Craters of the moon geothermal park

Huka falls. Thats a lot of water!

My resort in Lake Taupo. Active volcano in far distance.

Near Mt Ruapehu. Real Lord of the Rings scenery (mordor).

Scenic flight over Mt Ruapehu. Note the small plane for scale!

Black water rafting (caving) Waitomo caves. Great fun. Had to jump backwards (sitting in the inner tube) into pitch black from a height of 4 feet. Kinda freaky.

Mineral srpings

Big name!

Maori village attraction in Rotorua. Highly reccomended.

Napier. Place was levelled in 20s/30s by an earthquake. Lots of art deco buildings

Bridge was 2 way and rail was well. Main highway down West Coast South Island. Crazy.

Lake Matheson

Fox Glacier. Got a helicopter in :) Im the young one. My brother is the idiot in shorts.

From the air

View from hotel spa in Queenstown :)

Jetboating - great fun :)

Milford Sound. Rains so much there is 1m (4 feet) of fresh water on the sea water! Doesnt dissolve in. 5 sunny days a year. We got one!

Windy on the west coast!

Pretty. Mt Cook?

Everyone laughs at me because I am different. I laugh at everyone else because they are all the same.

[ Edited by: hewey 2005-08-17 23:00 ]