Legs 12 and 13
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- Near Bog Inn Hut
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- Marius and Etienne on a Timber Trail suspension bridge
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- Fisher Track.The shrubs look mauve from a distance
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- Wild boar jawbone at Whakahoro’s Post Office Museum
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- Inside the Post Office
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- The new car-owner’s pledge…Aw!
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- Driftwood wild boar at the Blue Duck Central, Whakahoro
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- Family members exercising their inalienable rights to look gormless while camping
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- Can anyone identify this tree?
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- Jurassic tree?
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- Burtton’s Track. Thie picture does not indicate it, but there is a massive drop on the right hand side of the path
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- Burtton’s Track: home of the gnome
Leg 11
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- Lake Rotoaira, viewed from the path near Ketetahi Hut
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- From the ruined Ketetahi Hut
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- Our first glimpse of Mount Nguaruhoe from the north
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- The lowest Emerald Lake with a small cairn in the foreground. Walkers often make these little piles of stones.
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- Emerald Lakes
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- Climbing Red Crater on loose stones and sand. In the background, you can see the path running from Emerald Lakes to Blue Lake
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- Red Crater
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- Lava formation in Red Crater
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- We found this arched rock formation on the descent to South Crater
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- Eroded path near Whakapapa
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- Alpine plants
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- Alpine forest path
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- Koitiata beach
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- Koitiata beach
Leg 10
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- Vicky Pollard’s gang
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- West Hamilton
Legs 7, 8 and 9
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- Waikato farm, early morning
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- Waikato River, early morning
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- We found plenty more of skulls on the land near the river
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- Irises on the river bank
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- First view of the Waikato River from the hill behind Mercer
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- South of Mercer
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- From the Mangatawhiri stopbank
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- Copse of sitting down trees on the Mangatawhiri River Track
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- Wairoa Dam face. Sheep like it
Leg 6
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- Ancient pohutukawa tree – amazing trunk
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- Pohutukawa tree – amazing roots
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- Kite-surfers at Takapuna
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- North Shore solidarity walkers, including dogs
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- Geese at the Auckland domain
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- Ancient olive trees at Cornwall Park
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- Ambury Park
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- On Ihumataoa Quarry Road
Legs 4 and 5
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- Near Teal Bay. This picture is inadequate to indicate the angle of the incline. We were pooped!
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- Near Mimiwhangata. We saw many of these old and beautiful trees, used by other plants as glamorous apartments. The trees have small magenta flowers.
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- Farm road near Mimiwhangata. The photo does not do justice to the shade of green.
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- Official Teal Bay priorities.
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- Near the junction of Mimiwhangata and Kaiikanui Rds.
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- Between Whananaki and Matapouri.
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- Farm at Whananaki. Those are Charolais cattle, I think. They are huge, so we were pleased they were in the paddock on the hill opposite us.
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- Like RSA, NZ has a “Sandy Bay”. Unlike RSA, it is not a nudist beach.
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- Lilies near Whangarei
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- Pataua North estuary
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- Looking back towards the Taiharuru River estuary
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- Towards the Kauri Mountain trail
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- Ocean Beach
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- Shells on Ocean Beach
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- Ocean Beach
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- Bream Head
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- On the ridge, material dropped by the helicopter
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- Looking ahead to Marsden Point
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- Towards Urquhart Bay
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- Urquhart’s Bay
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- Pohutukawa tree near Urquhart’s Bay
Leg 3
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- More wellies
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- Fences and wiggly roads. Lovely patterns
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- Arwen did not make an appearance, but she was expected…
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- Could this be New Zealand, by any chance?
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- A fencepost called Gandalf (Dunn’s Track)
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- Not to be outdone by Kaipara Flats, Puhoi also has a very sweet, tiny library
Leg 2
Only one photo; after 24 hours the weather was too wicked
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- Starting at Mangawhai Surf Club.
Leg 1
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- Marius, Hannah and Etienne at the Cape Reinga lighthouse
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- Beach just south of the lighthouse
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- Just before we got lost for the first time…
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- The dune is huge
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- The light can make the landscape look bleak
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- From Scott Point, looking towards the rock with the hole
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- With Zoe (best dog in New Zealand)
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- Getting closer to the rock with the hole
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- The hill at Hukatere
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- Speed limit on the beach (!)
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- Yes – seriously! You can lose your car.
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- Another exhortation to be good
Leg 0
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- Near Marsden Point
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- Near Marsden Point
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- South of Marsden Point
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- South of Marsden Point
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- Near Ruakaka.
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- Farmland on the way to Mangawhai cliffs
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- Mangawhai beach
This all so beautiful! I wish I could be there with you.
I just love and enjoy the exquisite photos you take xxx
Thanks dear soul. Do the Waikato ones look hugely familiar?