Photos from my recent trip to Oz & NZ

[Maven]

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All, With Buckshot's encouragement & assistance (aiding & abetting?)*, there will soon be photos in this space. Please understand that these are only a small sample: I edited my pix down to 46. My wife took over 300 photos and hasn't yet separated the wheat from the chaff.



*I haven't yet mastered uploading photos from, say, Photobucket. None of that stuff is intuitive or especially straightforward, or at least not for me.

[AkMike]

So did you do any shooting or just pics and looking around? I'd like to do either or BOTH!

[Maven]

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AKMike, Odd to say, but no, no shooting and no fishing. The funny thing was that there are so many lakes & streams in NZ (south island), yet very few people taking advantage of it...and this was at the peak of the summer holiday. Oh well, I coped, but needed an extra dose of beer to get over it!

[Buckshot]

..............Where is everyone in these photos? Looks deserted :-)

..............Buckshot

[mike in co]

nice to see you took your daughter with you.....

mike in co

[Maven]

All, My daughter??? That's my wife! Here are the captions, in order of course:

Wind-eroded rock (red stuff is lichen growth), Kangaroo Is., AU

Enroute to Milford Sound, NZ (spectacular scenery)

Terry (wife, possibly "daughter") in Sydney (near Opera House)

Bishop's Mitre @ Milford Sound, NZ. Peak is 2,283m high.

Beach scene, Kangaroo Is., AU

Terry (wife? daughter?) on Fox Glacier, NZ. I was doing my best not to slide down the glacier on my butt!

Tram in Christchurch, NZ near St. Paul's Cathedral.

Opera House in Sydney: Most impressive! The tour is worth taking.

The Kingston Flyer, a NZ-built (1927) 4-6-2 (Pacific type) on the turntable in Kingston, NZ (I live in Kingston, N.Y.)

Street in Adelaide, AU, 1/31/06. New Year's Eve street celebration was literally right outside our hotel (Victoria Sq.).

Street scene in downtown Sydney

Chinese Garden in downtown Sydney (near Darling Harbor). A peaceful diversion from the din of the city & harbor.


P.S. There were indeed lots of people around, at least in the cities, but with a bit of patience, I was able to change my camera position so as to avoid them.


P.P.S. Sorry Carpetman, no sheep pics on my camera. On the other hand, Terry has a close-up you'd like. Oops, what was I thinking, it was a sheep's face?!

[MT Gianni]

I knew we'd see some pic's of a train. Great stuff. Gianni.