New Zealand & Fiji Trip '13

New Zealand

View from Queenstown airport

 

Welcome to New Zealand

 

I made it

 

Queenstown views

 

Lake Wakatipu

 

Lake Wakatipu

 

Park on the lake

 

Morning view from hotel

 

The mountains along the drive

 

A look back at Treble Cone

 

Other mountains

 

More countryside

 

View of lake with mountains in the distance

 

Lake Wanaka

 

Lake Wanaka

 

The lodge at Treble Cone

 

Up at Treble Cone

 

First run...appropriately called Cloud Nine

 

Thick clouds at Treble Cone

 

The clouds rolling in on Treble Cone

 

View of Treble Cone from a distance

 

Kea bird at Treble Cone

 

View down from Treble Cone

 

The road up to Treble Cone

 

End of the day at Treble Cone

 

Not the best snow coverage on Treble Cone

 

But the back side of the mountain has plenty of ice

 

View down from TC

 

The view from the mountain

 

Waterfall off Treble Cone

 

Lake Hawea

 

Lake Hawea

 

Part of Lake Hawea

 

Another View

 

Different View

 

Welcome to Cardrona

 

The lodge at Cardrona

 

Cardrona before the clouds

 

Moving in

 

Clouds getting thicker

 

Took only a few minutes to get to this point

 

Backside of Cardrona

 

Backside of Mountain

 

View from Cardrona

 

People mover to the cars

 

The Mountains of Middle Earth

 

The Remarkables

 

The Remarkables

 

Expert side of the mountain

 

Yeah...USA

 

Chair lift up Remarkables

 

The parking lot

 

Ski to the lot

 

View down from Remarkables

 

Disc golf New Zealand

 

Disc golf with mountains in the background

 

Twilight drive back

 

Kawarau River

 

Roaring Meg Power Station

 

Remarkables behind Lake Wakatipu

 

At the lake

 

Mountains beyond the lake

 

More views

 

 

Fiji

Natadola Beach

 

The Beach

 

Natadola Beach

 

At Natadola Beach

 

Beach Resort

 

Natadola Beach

Natadola Beach

 

In the clear water

 

Seaweed underwater

 

Low tide

 

Under the water

 

Clear water

 

Natadola Beach Resort

 

Natadola Beach Resort

 

Fiji Beer

 

Flowers

 

Cruising on the Catamaran

 

Coral around Mana Island

 

Mana Island

 

The pier at Mana

 

The resort at Mana

 

Me at Mana Island

 

Random Fiji Island

 

Castaway Island

 

Castaway Island

 

Castaway Island

 

Malolo Island

 

Malolo  Island

 

Someone's Private Island

 

South Sea Island

 

Heading back