New Zealand - North Island (mostly!)

Back above ground and ready for a hot shower!



Floating through a glowworm covered underground cavern
(Stock photo from the company)



Ben and Chris floating through the labyrinthine caves underneath Waitomo and the surrounding Hobbiton countryside!



Rubber ring conga line!
(Stock photo from the company)



Chris testing her ring doesn't leak!



'Black Labyrinth'
Into the Waitomo caves.
(Stock photo from the company)



Ben and Chris ready for action at The Legendary Black Water Rafting Company, about to take on Black Labyrinth!! (Mmm, nice outfits!)



Dusk at Lake Rotorua,
September 2006.




Boiling, bubbling mud at the mud pools.

'Frying Pan Flat' at Wai-o-Tapu Thermal Park.
(Wai-o-Tapu in Maori means 'Sacred Waters' - ahhh!)

Ben and Chris looking like they don't know there is a large geyser erupting behind them!
Lady Knox geyser, Wai-o-Tapu Thermal Park near Rotorua.

The 'chiefs' shaking their thang at the end of night and helping to perform the haka!
(This is meant to be the scary eye-popping/tongue poking bit!)

Part of the haka in the Wharenui (meeting house).

Ben is chosen to be our chief and to accept the Teka (peace offering - stick!)

Scary Maori warriors at Tamaki Cultural Village challenging us all as a visiting tribe in the
'Te Wero'.

The view of the lake from our camper park in Rotorua.

The Craters of Moon thermal park near Taupo.
Early September 2006.

The raging, tumultuous waters of Huka Falls, near Taupo.

Ben trying his pro golf swing at the Hole in One.

The big prize floating Hole in One, Lake Taupo,
Early September 2006.

The Maori rock carvings in Mine Bay, Lake Taupo, where we went on Errol Flynn's old yacht The Barbary.

The gateway to Lake Taupo.

Mount Ngauruhoe, better known as Mount Doom from Lord of the Rings!
Tongariro National Park, en route to Taupo, September 2006.

Waterside poems at Wellington Harbour (as made a bit famous by Billy Connolly on his jaunt round New Zealand))

This is what the Kiwis call a cable car (it's a furnicular railway!) in Wellington,
Early September 2006.

Wonky rock outcrop about to fall by the looks of it at Punakaiki.

The Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki.
Late August 2006.

Coastal road to Punakaiki.

The 'Pukie Pub' where the 'Roadkill' menu features dishes such as 'Guess that Mess', 'Headlight Delight Pie' and 'Shovel-Flipped Roadside Pizza'!
We stuck with one of Pete's Famous Possum Pies! (Yuk!)

Chris about to be attacked by a giant sandfly! The Bushman's Centre,
Pukekura, August 2006.

Franz Josef Glacier.

Mind your heads! Rocks and glaciers may fall on you!
Fox Glacier, Late August 2006.

The road to Fox glacier.

Muscle man Ben holding up the Leaning Tower of Wanaka at Puzzling World.

Chris defying gravity in the sloping room.

Ben making use of the Roman style toilets at Puzzling World!

Stuart Landsborough's Puzzling World near Wanaka.

Mount Aspiring, Treble Cone ski fields and the other dramatic scenery flanking Lake Wanaka. Late August 2006.

New Zealand - South Island

The boys looking terribly polite with theirs!


Chris and Linda looking a little the worse for wear after a few teapots of cocktails in the World Bar, Queenstown.



Kiwi ice sculpture, Minus 5.


The gang looking cool - get it, cool! The Ice Bar!!!
Minus 5.


Ice sculpture in Minus 5, the Ice Bar.
Queenstown, Late August 2006.


Lord of the Rings country! Glenorchy (Near Queenstown) where a lot of filming was done.
Late August 2006.


View from the Mirror Lakes on the drive back to Queenstown.



Avalanche warning signs during the convoy back to civilisation.



Driving through the snow from Milford Sound behind the snow plough and the gritter!


Glorious Mitre Peak at Milford Sound on a soggy day!


The road out the other side doesn't look much better!
(That's it snaking down into the valley!)


Daunting Homer's Tunnel through a mountain en route to Milford Sound in snowy conditions.
Late August 2006.


Some crazy para-sailing dude over the piste.


Chair lifts up the slopes.


Ben looking a real pro (Dude!) boarding on the slopes at Coronet Peak.


Ski Bunnies!!! Stephen, Chris, Ben and Gina boarding up Coronet Peak.
Late August 2006.



Celebrating with a Tower of Beer - Woohoo!
Er, no, that's NOT just Chris's!



That blur is Ben flying off the Ledge!
Photos of the rest of us didn't come out very well!



Great view of The Ledge bungy site, 400m above Queenstown.


The site of The Ledge, sitting high up on the hillside over Queenstown.
(Those are little cable cars going up to it)



All that bungy is bad for you! It shrinks your body!!!



Thar she goes (again!). Fowards this time!



Chris about to take to the skies and looking pretty darned pleased about it!


The 'after' shot! Looks like he enjoyed himself!



Ben taking a dive over the Nevis Gorge.




Linda, Gina, Chris and Stephen in front of The Nevis - no one looks nervous, honest!!



This is the hanging gondola cable car from which you jump The Nevis! All 440 feet (134 metres) of it!!!



Look at him go!



Ben taking a pro-diver's jump off the bridge!


Wheeeeeeee!!!!!



And she's off!



Thar she goes!!


Chris about to jump off the Kawarau Bridge Bungy - BACKWARDS!!!


View of Lake Wakatipu from Linda and Stephen's Queenstown apartment.


The Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo, en route to Queenstown, August 2006.


The picturesque view on the way to Methven.

Look, see, we told you Christchurch was dull! This is the only picture we put on here and it's of a tram!! Christchurch, August 2006.