eMails

Hello everybody
We have been having a few problems with e-mails so Richard has set set up a new account
RichardandKath@Gmail.com
which he thinks will be more reliable.
I know some have been using my mindequilibrium@fsmail address but there have also been a few problems with that, so better to use the new gmail as above.
We leave NZ for Melbourne tomorrow, More pics soon.

Coromandel

1. Reading the paper with my friend in Katikati - a town full of Murals and art.

2. Just loved this 'unmarked' police car! - we followed it for miles

3. One for Kieran and Joshua - another gold mine giant truck

4. Beautiful beach on the Coromandel Peninsula - furthest north we have been

Rotorua 2

1. Entrance to Hells Gate Thermal Park - Maori owned and run

2. Richard soaking his feet in the volcanic pool - it has been cooled!

3. Me doing a Maori carving at Hells Gate - of a Kawakawa - native medicinal tree

4. Beach at Blue Lake

Rotorua

1. Lady Knox Geyser at Wai-O- Tapu Thermal Park in the rain

2. Colours and steam at Wai-O-Tapu

3. Pea Soup pool with reflection

4. Mud Pools boiling

5. A woman's work is neer done!

The route to Rotorua

1. National Tobacco Building in Napier - didn't see interior but apparently it has been renovated to the original
art deco style.

2. Huka Falls - look closely and see a blow up doll navigating the rapids - and it didn't burst!

3. View of Huka Falls - not a big drop but a very fast current - 400 tonnes of water per second

4. At the opening into Ruatapu Cave at Orakei Korako Thermal Park - a out 170 steps in and 170 steps out again!

Napier

1. Art Deco building on Emerson St, Napier

2. Looking along Emerson St

3. Detail on another building in Napier

4. In giant jacuzzi in our room at Beachfront Motel, Napier - it was too windy to go out, honest! The beer was Speights Harvest and very nice too.

Paddle steamer

1. Paddle steamer Waimarie setting sail from Wanganui

2. Ships figurehead!

3. Richard getting his Greene King poured at the Rutland Hotel Wanganui

4. The Waimarie docked at low tide

Foxton and Wanganui

1. Another view of Foxton Windmil

2. iew of the river at Wangnui from Durries Hill lift

3. War Memorial at top of lift - there were 176 steps to top

4. Light at the end of the tunnel. Ricchard wwalking from lift entrance

Wellington2

1. A sundial in Wellington Botanic Gardens - yes it was just after 1100.

2. Wellington harbour from Botanic gardens

3. Breakfast at Paekakariki - try saying that after a couple of pints - very good food

4. Windmill at Foxton built in 2000! They know about the one in Heage

Wellington

c1. Me having a drive at Kapiti Coast Tram Museum

2. Waiting for ages for a tram to pick us up after filming up the line - they remember4d us after about an hour

3. Wellington Harbour from top of Te Papa Museum

4. John Britten's rce winning motorbike in T4 Papa

Glaciers etc

1. Fox Glacier with Richard watching the ice melt!

2. Me at Franz Josef Glacier. (wanted to do a flight over the area but weather closed in.

3. Reflection in Peters Pool at Franz Josef.

4. Car outside our 'cottage' at Glacier Gateway motel

5. On Okarito beach = beautiful place with soft sand, but pouring with rain.

6. Hari Hari airport with cows grazing the runway!

Queenstown

1, Kingston Flyer at Fairlight

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3. Bungy at Kawaru Bridge - the first one ever

4. Wine tasting at Gibston winery = liked the Blanc de Pinot Noir best

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Te Anau2

1. Whirlpool and splashes at bottom of waterfall - Milford Sound
2. Picture of picture of us taken on boat at Milford Sound
3. Sunset over Lake Te Anau taken from motel room window

4. Mitre Peak at Milford Sound taken while cruising past