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I told you it needed batteries! |
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Bright January in Vancouver |
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Vancouver's slushy streets |
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Towards the Coromandel coast |
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Views from our window Cormandel bay |
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Twin trunks of giant Kauri |
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Wai O Tapu thermal reserve |
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steam with sulphur vent in the foreground |
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Steam from the champagne pool |
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Marie and Lucy in appropriate headgear |
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Yes, the sign does say 'no pedestrians' |
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The champagne pool - 70 degrees |
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straight ahead according to my map |
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Edge of the champagne pool |
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From Taupo across to the volcanoes Ruapehu, Ngauruhue and Tongariro |
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Two of the aforementioned volcanoes from the road to Wanganui |
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The beautiful road up into Whanganui National Park |
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Messing around on the Whanganui river |
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Who's steering this thing? |
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After a hard day on the river |
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Flying Fox rest-house style |
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Rata? Up towards Mt Taranaki |
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Visitors' Centre Dawson's Falls |
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Mount Taranaki from the safety of the plain |
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That's Marie in the redwoods |
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Beach off the Surf Highway |
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Wind turbine in the Tararua range |
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Yes, we got plenty of wind |
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More sound, from the ferry |
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Drop-off Anchorage beach Abel Tasman |
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From the Abel Tasman path |
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Bountiful tree ferms filter the sun |
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Just another beautiful bay |
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Southern Beech forest St Arnaud |
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Spot the seals Westport Tauranga Bay |
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Punakaiki cliffs above the motel |
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waves breaking through the arch |
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breaking wave and sea stack |
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Native bush in the river gorge |
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pancake rocks in the dusk |
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night falls over Punakaiki |
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