On Mt. Pauanui |
Visiting Judith |
Veiled flowers |
Curly vegetation |
Waiotahi trail head |
Bee hives in the Coromandel |
Bush on the Karaka Waiotahi track |
Ferns on the Karaka Waiotahi track |
Bush on the Karaka Waiotahi track |
Junction on the Karaka Waiotahi track |
Minerals in black and white |
Red cliffs on the Karaka track |
Red cliffs on the Karaka track |
Red cliffs on the Karaka track |
Oyster catcher and baby |
Baby oyster catcher |
New Zealand dotterel chick |
Dotterel chick |
New Zealand dotterel chick |
New Zealand dotterel chick |
New Zealand dotterel chick |
Oyster catcher |
Tairua river estuary at sunset |
Kelly and Judith coming by for their cocktail |
Huka Falls |
Huka Falls |
Huka Falls |
Huka Falls |
Huka Falls |
Huka Falls |
Huka Falls |
Huka Falls |
Visiting Audrey and Ian in Lake Taupo |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
Green lake in the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
near boiling |
Hot! |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area |
Swallows and green pond |
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Area boiling mud |
Murupara motor camp |
Murupara motor camp |
Murupara watering hole |
The road into the park |
Queen ferns in the park |
Walk signage |
First hanging bridge on the track |
Approaching the lake |
Lake Waikaremoana |
Another hanging bridge |
Lianen |
Night one camp |
Walking stick insect |
Packed up on day 2 |
Kiwi recovery |
Lake view |
Bush along lake Waikaremoana |
One of the huts on the track |
Hanging bridge in B&W |
A bridge from afar |
Cabbage tree reflection |
Big tree |
Unfurling oneself |
Taking a breath |
So inviting to swim in |
The ridge we have to climb in the distance |
Korokoro campsite |
Inlet near Korokoro camp |
Korokoro campsite |
bush stream |
Our tent at Korokoro |
Young hikers from Holland |
flat falls |
Cable to assist the stream crossing |
Korokoro Falls |
Teresa and Korokoro Falls |
crossing the slippery rocks |
Heading for Panekiri hut |
Climbing up to the ridge |
New Zealand Beech trees |
New Zealand Beech trees |
We have moved above the lake |
Our tent near Panekiri hut |
Sunset on Lake Waikaremoana |
Fellow hikes a the hut |
Morning fog on the lake |
Morning light on Lake Waikaremoana |
Panekiri bluff |
Perched on the cliff |
Lake panorama |
Water taxi from Onepoto Bay |
Our taxi driver |
Wairoa Motel |
Wairoa Motel |
Church of St. John Omahu, Fernhill |
Interior of the Church of St. John Omahu, Fernhill |
A babies grave in the St. John Omahu cemetery |
A grave in the St. John Omahu cemetery |
Ornament on a grave in the St. John Omahu cemeter |
A grave in the St. John Omahu cemetery |
A grave in the St. John Omahu cemetery |
A grave in the St. John Omahu cemetery |
A grave in the St. John Omahu cemetery |
A grave in the St. John Omahu cemetery |
A swim in the woods |
Sheep along the forgotten road |
Fence along the forgotten road |
Mt. Ruapehu seen from the forgotten road |
Sheep along the forgotten road |
Trail is closed |
Illegal hiker |
Waitomo Caves area walk |
Waitomo Caves area walk |
Waitomo Caves area walk |
Waitomo Caves area walk |
Waitomo Caves area walk |
Waitomo Caves area walk |
Waitomo Caves area walk |
Carving in the Waitomo Caves visitor center |
Carving in the Waitomo Caves visitor center |
Carving in the Waitomo Caves visitor center |
Carving in the Waitomo Caves visitor center |
Carving in the Waitomo Caves visitor center |
Carving in the Waitomo Caves visitor center |
Flowers in the broken hills area near Pauanui |
Glow worm light in Collin's Drive |
Glow worm light in Collin's Drive |
Glow worm light in Collin's Drive |
Teresa and the glow worms |
Broken Hills swim hole |
Broken Hills swim hole |
Broken Hills waterfalls |
Aldermans at sunsert |
Tairua estuary walkway |
Tairua Oyster catcher |
Tairua estuary at sunset |
Mongrove roots |
Tairua estuary |
Sea gull at sunset |
The pinnacles at sunset |
Mt. Paku with moonlight |
last sunlight on a sandbank |
Sunrise in Pauanui |
Shakespear Regional Park near Orewa |
Shakespear Regional Park |
Shakespear Regional Park near Orewa |
Auckland in the distance |
Shakespear Regional Park near Orewa |
Kite surfers at Shakespear Regional Park |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Mangawhai Cliff walk |
Trail marker |
Palm fronds |
Near the goat island marine reserve |
Above the goat island marine reserve |
King of the mountain |
Native berries |
Oystercatcher chick at Wenderholm Regional Park |
Oystercatcher chick at Wenderholm Regional Park |
Oystercatchers Wenderholm Regional Park |
Wenderholm Regional Park |
Pukeko and chick at Wenderholm Regional Park |
Pukeko and chick at Wenderholm Regional Park |
Pukeko and chick at Wenderholm Regional Park |
Pukeko and chick at Wenderholm Regional Park |
Kaitarahiki Peak trailhead |
Kaitarahiki Peak |
Track to Kaitarahiki Peak |
Ferns on the way to Track to Kaitarahiki Peak |
Chains on the Kaitarahiki Peak track |
Kaitarahiki Peak summit |
View of the Thames inlet from Kaitarahiki Peak |
Track to Kaitarahiki Peak |
Launch |
Heading out for the fish |
German muscle |
Another one |
Beautiful catch |
Luis and his catch |
Lottie and Teresa |
A good day's work |
Haibach-Heppenheim-Hambach |
Maori Claude and the moon |
Renee and the catch |
Leines cleaning fish |
Dinner at the Peters |
Dinner at the Peters 2 |
Playing horse shoes with the master |