Winter in Newcastle

It's "winter" in Newcastle--trees turning yellow, Polartec jackets busting out all over, but temperatures in the 60s and lots of sunshine (it was the warmest May on record here, followed by the wettest June on record).

Easter-y Scenes in New Zealand

Christchurch Contemporary Art Museum

Cadbury Chocolate factory, in Dunedin


A luncheonette in Alexandra, between Dunedin and Queenstown

Tranzalpine

The train ride from Greymouth back to Christchuch featured gorgeous mountain scenery, dotted with occassional snow caps and plunging views from narrow bridges into river gorges. We agreed though that it would have felt more spectacular at the start of our trip, rather than at the end.

West Coast, South Island

Possum Pie!

Lake Matheson

Fox Glacier

Puzzling World

Arrowtown and Glenorchy--Hobbit Country

Queenstown