The van we should have had
The great Dotty O
Coromandel view
View from 1st night camping
First sunset by the coast
Hahei beach
Classic New Zealand
Dinner on the beach
Sunset on the Coromandel Peninsular
Dotty O at the beach
Drivin' Miss Dotty
hot water beach, where you...
dig yourself a thermal bath
all that practice at Whitley Bay came in handy!
more lovely NZ
tree ferns
Walking to the waterfall
Having the morning bath in the water hole
A well deserved break!
Chris in Kiwi heaven!
Happy in Kiwi land
Rotorua lake
Black swans
A Marai - maori meeting house
Maori carvings
Sunset at Rotorua
Greeting from a warrior
Traditional Maori dress
The Chief
Chris has a go at poi - hiding at the back
How it's really done!
Geysers at Te Puia
Sulphur cascade
Geothermal pool
What we had in store......
Remember that boiling mud? This is how it's used now...
quack therapy?!
Relaxing Wonder number 2
Nigella eat yer heart out
traditional hangi cooking
here's one she prepared earlier
ladyknox geyser before...
...and after
weather training comes in handy!
two gals and a geezer
the Artist's Palette thermal pool
the champagne pool
free facial
Boiling mud pools
Plop!
mineral deposits
the Devil's Something-or-other
Lake Taupo
Trai boards the steamship
Our boat on the lake
Maori carvings, Lake Taupo
Carvings on Lake Taupo
Tea by the lake!
Trai's limo to sky diving
Celebrating post-sky dive
Thrown myself from a plane, got the t-shirt to prove it!
Art Deco Napier
Art Deco weekend in Napier
Quack!
Oh-oh
Double quack - disco duck meets the natives
A lot of steps to the top of the tower
Up, up, up
Whanganui
Great view from the top
Lord of the Rings filmed here!
...and here
...and here's the hobbit
Creature
can't be too careful
glow worm caves, waitomo
Ready for the gloworm caves
glow worms
Gloworm spit!
Gloworms bottoms
More caves
Happy in Dotty O
One of many gorgeous waterfalls
Fab cafe
Fab toilet!!
View from our campsite at Pahia
Disco duck flirts with the locals
Dolphins!
We love boats really!
What a sky
An unexpected guest
Is it Scotland? Nope, Northland
Chris in the bush
Huge Kauri tree
Ginormous Kauri tree!
Time for a super-tree hug
Western NZ beach
Miles and miles and miles of beach
Family gone fishin'
DInner time
can't bear to let Dotty go
