A few more pictures!

Although it's not the capital city, Auckland has the most people living in it. A very typical 'super city'.


Boats in Auckland - the city of Sails (for now)

The Coromandel area is really spectacular.

Picnic spot on the beautiful Coromandel.

Bridal Falls.

Lagoon at Raglan beach

Taranaki mountain peak

Tauranga beach

Quite ominous looking clouds over Ruapehu mountain.

Sheepdogs in action - we counted five working together on this day.

New Zealand autumn colours.

Snow on all the peaks in the Taranaki area.

Lakes and mountains.

Virginia lake pathway in the heart of our suburb.

A very interesting piece of sculpture done with a chainsaw, on display at Virginia Lake Wanganui.

One of the bridges over the Whanganui river in our town.

There are very few stretches of straight road in New Zealand!

The road engineers around here refer to this bridge as the 'banana bridge' - can't think why!

The main route South towards Wanganui from Hamilton has stretches of road which need attention! But even in winter, the scenery is very dramatic with winding roads in the mountains.

The Whanganui river meanders beside the main road into the town.