| Skippy in Auckland house
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| Skippy in Auckland house
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| Alpacha at Kaiwaka reststop going to Warkworth
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| View along road to Opua
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| View along road to Opua
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| View along road to Opua
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| Opua Harbour - Bay of Islands
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| Opua Harbour - Bay of Islands
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| Opua Harbour - Bay of Islands
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| Opua Harbour - Bay of Islands
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| Margaret Sinclair's BandB in Opua
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| Opua Marina
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| Yachts at anchor in Opua Harbour
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| Opua Harbour entrance in distance
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| Opua Harbour
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| Fire Fighting training shed
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| Fire Fighting training apparatus
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| Marine training Dept. Head and student
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| inside Fire Fighting shed
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| entry ladder inside fire fighting shed
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| Mahurangi Tech Institue student common area
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| Trafalgar Square Backpackers (hostel) in Nelson
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| Nelson Harbour from track to Centre of NZ
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| View from Centre of NZ track
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| Bushes along Centre of NZ track
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| Nelson from Centre of NZ
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| View from Centre of NZ
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| View from Centre of NZ
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| Plants around Centre of NZ
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| Centre of NZ Geodetic Survey Marker
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| Giant Kauri logs in Sheep grazing field
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| Descending along track from Centre of NZ
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| Gigantic tree (8 ft across) along track
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| Toy World store in Nelson
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| Maitai River winds its way through Nelson
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| Nelson's Maitai River
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| Homes & Parks along the Maitai River
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| Park along the Maitai River
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| Nelson's Maitai River
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| Queen's Gardens in Nelson
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| Queen's Gardens pond and fountain
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| Rose Garden in Queen's Gardens
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| Trees in Queen's Gardens in Nelson
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| Arbor in Queen's Gardens in Nelson
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| Stream in Queen's Gardens in Nelson
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| Moss on tree roots in Queen's Gardens
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| "Tropical" island in Quen's Gardens stream
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| Path through Queen's Gardens
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| Tree (trunk approx. 6 feet) in Queen's Gardens
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| one of the many river fords in Nelson
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| well established root supports of fallen tree over path
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| Nelson from Grampian Reserve track
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| Geodetic Survey Mark on Grampian Reserve track
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| Nelson from Grampian Reserve track
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| Nelson and Tasman Bay from Grampian Reserve track
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| Mountains from Grampian Reserve
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| Mountains from Grampian Reserve
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| Grampian Reserve tracks map
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| Autumn colours on Trafalgar St South
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| Cathedral on Church Hill in Trafalgar Square
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| Cathedral ramparts in Trafalgar Square
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| Cathedral bell tower and approach from Trafalgar St.
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| Tree's 'weeping' dead autumn folliage in Square
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| Trafalgar Square from backpackers'
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| bunkroom in Trafalgar Square Backpackers'
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| Nelson's Saturday Market
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| Nelson's Saturday Market
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| Nelson's Saturday Market
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| Vinyard/brewery/distillery tour 2nd stop
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| Vinyard/brewery/distillery tour 2nd last stop
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| Wine/beer/liqueur tour snow-capped mountain
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| My purchases from the wine/beer/liqueur tour
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| Anzac Park in Nelson
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| World of Wearable Art & Collectible Cars in Nelson
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| Kaiteriteri Beach from Sea Shuttle going to Abel Tasman Park
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| Kaka Island in Abel Tasman Park
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| Ngaio Island in Able Tasman Park
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| Split Apple Rock in Abel Tasman Park
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| Split Apple Rock in Abel Tasman Park
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| Split Apple Rock in Abel Tasman Park
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| Guilbert Point in Abel Tasman Park
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| Tasman Sea from Abel Tasman Park
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| Nelson & mountains across Tasman Bay
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| leaving Anchorage in Abel Tasman Park
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| along track in Abel Tasman Park
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| Abel Tasman Park trek
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| Abel Tasman Park trek - Anchorage
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| Black Moss on tree roots - Abel Tasman Park trek
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| Abel Tasman Park trek - blk moss and dead ferns
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| Abel Tasman Park trek - kayaks at Stilwell Bay
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| Abel Tasman trek - Adele Island from Stilwell Bay
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| one of many streams crossed on Abel Tasman Park trek
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| same stream on Abel Tasman Park trek
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| Fisherman Island from Abel Tasman track
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| Coquille Bay from Abel Tasman track
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| Sandy Bay mud flats in Abel Tasman Park
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| sunset over mountains from Kaiteriteri Beach
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| sunset over mountains from Kaiteriteri Beach
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| sunset over mountains from Kaiteriteri Beach
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| Dance at Lower Moutere Hall while apple picking
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| Tony (NZ picker), Mike (grower) & Peter (Czech picker) at dance
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| Dance: Mike, Peter, Rachel, Bushy, Hunsa, Red, David & Linka
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| Bushy (Aus), Slade (NZ) and Hunsa (Czech)
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| Hunsa, Red (Rehe), Lisa, David, Linka
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| Voita and Peter (Czech)
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| Me too
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| NO! Mike. You can't play with the camera
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| Tony's devel eyes
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| the dancing heats up
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| dancin' fools
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| back home at 2am across the foot bridge in the dark.
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| Hunsa, Robert & Voita morning after the dance
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| The Pickers' Camp
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| Foot Bridge from camp end
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| Wills Road ford (stream crossing spot)
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| Foot Bridge from other end
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| sunset over mountains from Pickers' Camp
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| sunset over mountains from Pickers' Camp
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| Slade's 1955 Ford Ranch Wagon V8
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| Slade's 1955 Ford with his truck
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| Slade with his 1955 Ford Ranch Wagon V8
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| going away party for Bushy, Voita & I after the pub
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| Slade, Mike, Janet (Mike's wife) & David
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| Mike, Janet, Voita at Tony's caravan
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| Janet is good at avoiding the camera lens
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| Bushy, David & Slade talking cars
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| Janet & Mike heading home (just 500m up the lane)
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| Tony & Max playing X-Box on Tony's big flat screen TV
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| David & Bushy
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| from Nelson to Picton - 'corduroy' forestry area
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| Picton Harbour from ferry terminal
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| ferry trip through the Marlborough Sounds
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| ferry trip through the Marlborough Sounds
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| ferry trip through the Marlborough Sounds
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| J-P feeds ducks in Whangarei Town Basin Marina
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| these three ducks are inseperable
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| Jean-Pierre poses with S/V Tania
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| J-P by S/V Tania in Whangarei Town Basin Marina
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| Whangarei Town Basin
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| Whangarei Town Basin Marina
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| 50-60K years old swamp Kauri tree spiral staircase
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| Kauri tree settee behind spiral staircase
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| Rangauna Harbour on Pukenui peninsula (northland)
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| Rangauna Harbour on Pukenui peninsula (northland)
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| beach (east coast) w/world's 2nd finest silica sand
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| leaving beach of icing sugar fine silica sand
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| Spirits Bay lunch stop between Cape Reinga & North Cape
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| beach at Spirits Bay lunch stop
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| Spirits Bay looking north to Pacific Ocean
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| odd tree growth on beach at Spirits Bay
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| Pacific Ocean beach at Spirit Bay
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| Tasman Sea & Cape Maria Van Diemer from Cape Reinga
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| Tasman Sea & Cape Maria Van Diemer from Cape Reinga
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| Cape Maria Van Diemer from Cape Reinga
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| the Lighthouse on Cape Reinga
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| the 15-20 ft. surf at Cape Reinga
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| the lighthouse at Cape Reinga
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| the famous signs at Cape Reinga (Ava from tour group)
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| turquoise Tasman Sea meets deep blue Pacific Ocean
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| mist rising from the violent meeting of ocean & sea
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| distance signs at Cape Reinga (Vancouver 11434 Km)
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| Spirits Bay & North Cape (in mist)
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| Me at Cape Reinga
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| Hole in the Rock Island off 90 Mile Beach
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| looking north along 90 Mile Beach
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| mountainous sand dunes along 90 Mile Beach
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| surf and sand along 90 Mile Beach
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| Albatross sitting along 90 Mile Beach
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| Albatross sitting along 90 Mile Beach
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| Tasman Sea from an old Maori 'garbage dump' of shells
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| walking along the beach at Paihia
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| Russell across from Paihia beach
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| Sugar Boat Restaurant on inner harbour in Paihia
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| Paihia from beach north of town
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| Bay of Islands from Paihia
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| Paihia from "the bluff"
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| Russel from ferry docks
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| Russell Pier from Russell Beach
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| Sunset over Bay of Islands
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| The Strand beachfront in Russell
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| Russell ferry docks at dusk from the Swordfish Club
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| Bay of Islands from beach south of Paihia
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| the beach south of Paihia
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| birds on the beach south of Paihia
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| dawn over the Arab desert from the aeroplane
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