Gallery

View over the bay from the top of the Mount

Cathedral cove up on the Coromandel Peninsula

Sunset at Papamoa Beach

Another view of the beach

Pilot Bay

Mount Maunganui

Karangahake gorge, about 1 hour from Tauranga on the way towards Auckland. A good road trip stop

Huka Falls near Lake Taupo

Papamoa hills after Michael proposed.

Wairere Falls

We are spoiled for good coffee in town

Mt Ngauruhoe (Mount Doom in LoTR): can be seen on the Tongariro Crossing hike - in May it will be snowier

Another view of Mt Ngauruhoe, this time at the end of April. It was very cold and started snowing on us

Tongariro National Park

White water rafting in Rotorua

Views on the Roys Peak hike on the South Island

Elephant Rock near Taranaki

A couple of cheeky keas on the Kepler track

Michael at Roy's Peak

On the summit of Mt Taranaki

At the finish line of Race Tekapo down on the South Island

Reflections on Papamoa Beach

A quick weekend trip down to Marlborough Sounds