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Two weeks in New Zealand

Posted by Michael Franchi on 07 Apr 2012 / Comments

TWO weeks holiday cruising around New Zealand’s south island and I still manage to never leave the camera alone.

Landing in Christchurch we picked up our camper van and begun our journey south hugging the east coast in order to circumnavigate the island counter clockwise.

Follow our travels around the south island in the following 34 images.

  • A surfer leaves the icy waters of Sumner beach.

  • Is that a Super Mario Brothers mushroom?

  • Condemned wharf in Oamaru.

  • Looking for penguins along the coast of Oamaru.

  • Nosey deer.

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  • Curious seal checking us out at Matakaea Scenic Reserve.

  • Midday seal snooze at Matakaea Scenic Reserve.

  • Rolling hills of sheep.

  • Grassy sheep country on the way to Cannibal Bay.

  • There was no shortage of curvy roads.

  • The sun falls at the end of the day at Florence Hill lookout.

  • An abundance of poorly maintained wharfs.

  • Looking along the coast from Monkey Island.

  • Suspension cables holding a 100 year old bridge.

  • Gollum’s cave?

  • Clear waters of Lake Wakatipu.

  • Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu from Bob’s Peak.

  • Ben Lomond Lookout.

  • Pine trees reaching for the sky on top of Bob’s Peak.

  • Boundary Creek Scenic Reserve.

  • Rock piles at Blue Pools.

  • Knights Point lookout.

  • Face of Fox Glacier.

  • Water stream trickling down the mountain side.

  • Water gushes down the valley from Fox Glacier.

  • Keen adventurers make their way to Franz Josef Glacier.

  • and take the easy way back.

  • Racing against the setting sun.

  • Pancake rocks at Punakaiki.

  • Mirrored water.

  • The hills are on fire.

  • A straight road in New Zealand?

  • Playful seals at Ohau Point.