New Zealand ‘23

Hamilton Gardens – Japan

Hamilton Garden – Bamboo Forest

Bamboo Forest

Alice’s Tea Party

Sheet metal Sheep Dog building

More sheet metal sculpture buildings

Selfie

Lady Knox Geyser

Selfie at the geyser

We have lift off

The sulfur steam vents of Waiotapu

Sulfur remnants

Bubbling mud

Bubbling mud pool

Selfie at the Champagne Pool

Waiotapu Champagne Pool

Champagne Pool

Champagne Pool

The Silver Fern

Selfie with rocks covered in sulfur

Waterfall

Waiotapu Shots

Bubbling mud lake

Waiotapu lake

Waterfall

Hanging with some wood carvings

Colorful “mold” on trees

Sulphur Cave

More pics of Waiotapu

Colorful mold

Pied Stilt Bird

The Champagne Pool

Steam over the Champagne Pool

Acid Pond (pH = 2)

Bubbling mud

Hanging with Jelly Belly

Rotovegas

A walk amongst the Redwoods

The redwoods

The redwoods

Thought the sign was worth a picture

Here at Hobbiton

Posing at Hobbiton

Hobbit home

The wizard and the hobbit

The hobbit homes

The Shire

Selfie at the Shire

The Shire

Maintenance at the home

More homes

Hobbit homes

Alicia posing in front of a hobbit home

The backside of the Shire

The home of Bilbo Baggins

Visiting Bilbo

Hanging around

The Shire lake

Barrel full of beer?

The water mill

The Green Dragon

Inside the Green Dragon

Having a pint in the Green Dragon

Working in the Green Dragon

Leaving the Shire

SHEEP!

Cocktail time

Dr. Seuss is everywhere

Cookie Muncher

The Remarkables over Queenstown

Lake Wakatipu

Which way to go?

Old Chevy in the South Island

The birthplace Bungee Jumping

An appropriately named bar

Stoker cooking

Skyscape

Sunrise

Mount Cook

Mount Cook range

Mount Cook

Selfie at Mount Cook

One more shot

Lake Tekapo

Mount Cook over Lake Tekapo

The Church of the Good Shepherd

The Church of Good Shepherd with the mountain range

Black and white shot

Statue of shepherd dog

Arboretum in Christchurch

Giant rose in the Arboretum

Feeding the wallabies at a reserve

Hanging with the penguins at the Antarctic Center

Going for a ride on the Antarctic vehicles

Selfie

Auckland

Auckland from above

Building in Auckland

Auckland tower

View from the tower

Auckland