Photos from New Zealand’s South Island, main location for The Lord of the Rings, great wineries, Fiord-land, Penguins, other rare birds and victorian architecture.
South Island
Sunrise on the way from Wellington
Kathy at Queenstown Airport showing the way home.
Part of Lake Wakatipu with Remarkables Mountains
Jet landing at Queenstown Airport
You saw this gorge and stream with two statues.
Bunge jumping down river - No not us!
Need 4WD to get to many of the Lord of the Rings sites.
Our guide fixing coffee and tea.
Sunset from Queenstown
Queenstown street scene while at breakfast
River scene on route to the wineries
Akarua Winery. Good Pinot Noir
Jerry at the Carrick Winery. Note the covered vines
View of Lake. Carrick is just above the far edge of the lake.
Herd of deer. They actually grow them here
Queenstown lakefront at night
Crossing Lake Manapouri to the Power Station
Power Station with water inlets 167 M above sea level
Underground generator room at sea level.
Sample cable from Generator to Power Station
Doubtful Sound from Wilmot Pass road
Bus stopped in the rain forest and its raining
Looking up river
Down river
Doubtful Sound with morning overcast and rain
Our Captain said this best captures the sound in winter
GPS display of the sound
Seals on islands by the mouth of the sound
Doubtful Sound in afternoon
Us with Geoff and Jean from the UK
Jerry in front of the Doubtful Sound boat
Kathy while coming back on Lake Manapouri
Roses in front of our motel in Te Anau
Sunset looking at the Te Anau dock
Sunset at Te Anau
Kathy stopping to photograph some sheep
Brown trout fishing capital
Our first drive on a presidential highway
Three horses but not a library!
Nugget Point and Lighthouse across Molyneux Bay
Yellow-eye penguin
Penguin preening himself
Portobello from the hills
Peninsula B&B in Portobella
Checking the Internet with our B&B host
Does this remind you of looking at Tiburon?
Jerry talking to a German visitor before the albatross
Albatross in flight
Kathy by 1908 sign
Its fall here and the leaves are starting to turn
Jerry and Kathy at the 1908 restaurant
Anderson Bay with Dunedin in the background
Larnach Castle - New Zealand’s only castle
Clifton store sells their own yarns and woolen goods
Old New Zealand Railroad Station in Dunedin
Kathy sitting on an Moeraki Boulder
A new Moreraki boulder emerging from the sandstone
Victorian port buildings in Oamaru
Penguin crossing sign on beach roadway
Church in Timaru on the way to Christchurch
A typical New Zealand RR sign
Steam Tractor chugging up the highway
Steam tractors stopping for water
Kathy and Jerry in front of the 1906 steam tractor
A coal fired 1906 steam tractor
Trolly car in Christchurch
Starbucks on Christchurch Square
Chateau on the Park Hotel
View outside the breakfast room
Fall is starting in Christchurch
Christchurch Cathedral with some sun
US supply hanger across from the Antarctic Exhibit
Kathy in the storm simulator before the storm
Penguin sign in the Antarctic Exhibit parking lot
Pegasus Bay Winery
Lunch at Pegasus Bay Winery
Jerry with Muddy Waters owner and manager
View of the Southern Alps as as we leave New Zealand
