New Zealand Part 2

More photos...

Penguins at Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life aquarium.

Rhiannon and Robyn at Kelly Tarlton's.

 Robyn and Rhiannon under a massive fig tree in the Auckland Domain.

Ralph with delphiniums in a Winter Garden greenhouse in the Auckland Domain.

The beach at Piha.

 Black sand eroded from volcanic rock--very hot in the sun!

 See the bit of red in the center of the photo?  That's Rhiannon.

The New Zealand Maritime Museum has everything from Maori canoes to the America's Cup sailboats.

The giant dandelion sculpture in the Sculptureum outdoor sculpture garden.  Umbrellas were provided for sun shade.

Rhiannon and Robyn with a giant green rabbit.

We took a ferry from Auckland to the volcanic island Rangitoto.  Then we boarded a tractor pulled tram for a tour of the island.

Robyn and Tim in a lava flow.

The Auckland skyline from Rangitoto island.

Pohutakawa, the New Zealand "Christmas tree".  Merry Christmas Kiwis. 

New Zealand Part 1

A small selection of photos from our recent trip to New Zealand...

 Robyn and Tim must live on the steepest street in Auckland.

The Auckland Botanical Garden was full of sculptures and flowers--quite a change from the winter cold we left in North Carolina.

 A New Zealand wood pigeon in the botanical garden.

The Auckland Art Museum.

Blown glass spheres and an arch of glass rods in the sculpture garden at Lava Glass.

Robyn, Pop and Tim admiring the small blown glass flowers at Lava Glass.

 Large blown glass flowers at Lava Glass.

Rhiannon and Robyn at Huka Honey.

At Lake Taupo, we went on a sailboat excursion.  Rhiannon photographed Robyn and Tim on the prow of the boat.

Lake Taupo and shoreline from the boat.

Maori rock carvings on Lake Taupo.

A black swan.

A tree fern overhead at Sanctuary Mountain in Maungatautari.

A tree fern crozier.

 Robyn and Rhiannon at Maungatautari.

The Kakas very obligingly allowed us to photograph them in the clearing at Maungatautari.