Little Manly Beach

Pretty lucky to have this nice little beach no more than 250m down the road from our front door.

Old Monarch

Spring in the Park

Saturday at Turoa

White Out

There were only a few brief moments of light piercing through the clouds this weekend which was a bit of a shame as conditions had been awesome all week and the park is looking really fun at Whakapapa. These are the first few shots from my new 300mm which just arrived this week.

Sunrise on the Farm

Waikato area, NZ

Whakapapa

Mt Tongariro got angry for the first time in over 100 years last night, spewing ash and crap everywhere, so here's a few shots of the area looking a bit nicer last weekend. This was our first day on the mountain this winter joined by Karla, Joe and Leon. Fortunately the eruption hasn't ruined the ski fields so far and is business as usual, so here's to next weekend!

Sheep and Stuff

Winter has well and truly arrived in NZ. It was freezing walking around with the locals this arvo.

The Tongariro Alpine Crossing

The Tongariro Alpine Crossing is one of the great walks of the world. Located in Middle  Earth and shadowed by Mt Doom, it's definitely one of the most unique landscapes you'll ever see. Armed with fresh legs, good shoes and the company of some good friends, the Clynes', Karla and I set off on the 20km slog. We were lucky to be blessed with perfect weather all day and it  ended perfectly as you will see at the bottom.......

To finish off a perfect day on the mountain........We're engaged!!!

Kitekite Falls

A cool waterfall at Piha near Auckland.

Architecture in Auckland

All in a couple of hours walking around the Auckland CBD.