Lake Tekapo - Mt. Cook

beautiful colours in the mountain lakes

we enjoyed the hot springs in Lake Tekapo

campground just under big glaciers near Mt. Cook

hiking tour with heavy wind

Mount Cook in bright sunshine

Akaroa - Ashburton

beautiful wetsuits keep us warm in the frosty sea

Swimming with the hector dolphins at Akaroa Harbour

Hiking on Banks Peninsula

beautiful sunrise near Ashburton camping ground

Christchurch, New Zealand

our "castle" for the next 3 months

lot of damages of the earthquake 22nd Feb 2011 in the centre of Christchurch

the centre is still closed because of the dangerous, damaged buildings

very interesting exhibition in the canterbury museum: history of Christchurch, story of the earthquakes last years, crazy dress exhibition, antarctica research history, ....

captivating botanic garden Christchurch

Derek Carver living on the hills around Christchurch

hiking tour high over Lyttelton harbour

rock falls after the earth quake, uncomfortable situation for a lot of house owner

Sumner coast line

Melbourne and surroundings

Penguin Parade, Philip Island

marvellous waves

nice servas "guide": Alison Dingwall, Glen Waverley
perfect organized picknick

bike tour along the Yarra River to downtown Melbourne with neighbour Bill Farrugia

Transfer with Mecedes from 1972!

William Ricketts Sanctuary: impressing clay sculptures in a wild forest area

feeding the cockatoos

living with my godfather Willi Kapphan (*1926)
with aunt Joan (*1928)

I get to know some of my family story:

my oncle and godfather Willi, my grandmother Meili, my mother Hedi

about 1936

on the hills around Adelaide

 old houses from 1850's in Lobethal where Andrew grew up just opposite a famous german bakery

View over Adelaide from Mount Lofty

Gorge Wildlife Park

 chatty, noisy parrots

 feeding kangeroos

 black swan

 flying foxes

 king fisher

cuddling a koala! very soft fur!

servas host family Zilm

the Zilms: Andrew, Tracy, Erin and Virginia

 A nice house in Hampstead Gardens a suburb of Adelaide

family members: a talkative cockatoo, two dogs, a white rabbit