Donnerstag, 7. Juni 2012

Farewelldinner at Sky City Tower, Auckland

Sky City Tower, 5th June it's a pity with clouds and some rains

walking 192m above the street

select the birthday menu in the revolving restaurant

delicious dishes

Skytower in the sun a day before....

Paihia - Poor Knights Islands - Whangarei - Rangitoto

Hole in the Rock, Paihia

sunrise

huge cave at poor knights islands


schnorkelling

relaxing from sea sickness

hole in the rock of poor knights islands

view from Rangitoto to Auckland downtown

black volcanic tracks on Rangitoto

Montag, 4. Juni 2012

Auckland - Northland-Far North

Auckland Ferry Landing

Sky City Tower

sunset at Meadowbank

old Devonport

looking for treasures

"bones" of shellfish

Tane Mahuta = Giant Kauri tree (13m diameter, over 1000 years old)

a nice chair, it's a pity, it's too big for our hand bagage

white silica sand like powder

tobboganing in the sand dunes

90 miles beach: we did that on a bus tour

nice neighbourhood: fresh snapper fillets for dinner as a present

climbing a pohutukawa tree

playing with the waves and sand

Hobbiton - Miranda - Auckland

visit in "Hobbiton"



Miranda shorebird centre


Auckland by night, view from Devonport

Montag, 21. Mai 2012

Coromandel Peninsula

Wairere Falls, 150 m high

Tapu, Coromandel West Coast

 huge Square Kauri, 1200 years old

talkative Tui

Driving Creek Railway: two story bridge

DCR: pottery wherever you look at

Fantail Bay

Coromandel Walkway


Fletchers Bay

New Chums Bay: white sandy beach just for ourselves

Cathedral Cove

Hot Water Beach

gold mining at Waihi

mural with a scene of the "golden time", Waihi

Montag, 14. Mai 2012

Tauranga

Te Puke

Kiwifruit

Kiwi vines



Papamoa Hill

sunset in Tauranga

flea market at the "old village" in Tauranga

view from Mt. Maunganui

bird feeding at the bird gardens near Kerikeri