New Zealand and Australia - - Spring, 2007

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1 - - Cathy, Tom, & Linda north of Auckland

 

 

Our campervan with ladies and luggage

 

 

These maps were just the beginning

 

 

Passing by Auckland

 

 

Our first picnic of fish and chips

 

 

The gulls got the chips and left me holding the bag

 

 

This one seemed too full to fly

 

 

Learning to store the luggage during the day

 

 

 

 

 

 

This guy was happy to pose for Linda

 

 

 

 

New Zealand's most numerous residents - - their best side

 

 

They also have a few token cows

 

 

She loves sand between her toes

 

 

The first of many campervan parks

 

 

And the first of many beautiful bays

 

 

The first of many good breakfasts with lots of great bacon

 

 

More sand between her toes

 

 

This was home for almost two weeks

 

 

The small towns have indigenous names (Maori) and they often ran together for me

 

 

Just a sample of the views to come

 

 

Cathy looked for a great sunset and found it

 

 

 

 

 

 

The beach where Burt Munro rode the "World's Fastest Indian" (well, it was one like this)

 

 

We camped in a super market parking lot in town

 

And the next morning found we were beside a nice little city park

 

 

Linda found the Kauri Museum, which was a real highlight

 

 

This Kauri stump would seat several

 

 

The Kauri was a big part of the New Zealand economy for decades

 

 

Samples of Kauri gum - - useful for many things

 

 

A restored Kauri sawmill

 

 

Kauri gum often trapped fossils

 

 

Gum "miners" digging up Kauri gum nuggets

 

 

This looks interesting

 

 

And it is

 

 

It got steep near the bottom

 

 

But it was well worth the hike

 

 

What's that through the trees?

 

 

It's downtown Auckland!

         

 

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Intro
1 - Cathy, Tom, & Linda north of Auckland
2 - New Zealand,  Auckland to Wellington
3 - New Zealand, Picton to Queenstown
4 - New Zealand, Queenstown, Milford Sound and Glenorchy
5 - Australia
6 - Riding the Snowy Mountains from Sydney to Melbourne
7 - Tasmania
8 - Driving the Coast from Melbourne to Sydney
9 - To Auckland and back Home