Welcome to my New Zealand page! Here is where I will be posting links to all of my pictures from New Zealand, and hopefully keeping the page up to date as to when I add new things and dates for all of the picture collections. We'll see how I do!
My lab and my house. Some pictures of the equipment in my lab, my office space, and the rooms in my house.
(18 Oct 02) |
"My" Kitty who hangs around my yard and I feed milk to sometimes.
(18 Oct 02) |
Summit pass around Christchurch Some beautiful pictures from the volcanic mountains surrounding Christchurch.
(18 Oct 02) |
Trip to Dunedin. On the holiday weekend, I drove 5 hours south to Dunedin, saw some rare penguins and more scenery!
(26-28 Oct 02) |
Amberly A&P show. A small, local agricultural show in a town of about 1,100 where 1,000 people show up for the show.
(1 Nov 02) |
Young adult trip to Arthur's Pass. A very small city
in the mountains on the main route from the east to the west coast. Lots of wonderful waterfalls!
(15-17 Nov 02) |
A plane trip down to the southland of New Zealand. The sounds (Milford+), Stewart Island and the Catlans.
(22-26 Nov 02) |
Quail island. The Young Adult group here went to Quail Island, in a bay not far from Christchurch.
(30 Nov 02) |
Alejandro and I went up to Kaikoura, an east coast town about 2 hours north of here, and walked along the coast.
(6-8 Dec 02) |
A day trip to Akaroa, a local quaint "french town", and did some tramping up the hill. Beautiful views of the bay.
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Kathy came out for Christmas. We drove up to the North Island and did fun things like black water rafting, and visiting a hot springs beach at night.
(24 Dec 02 - 1 Jan 03) |
My New Year's Day. A party at midnight with the young adults, and then morning sunrise. I took A LOT of sunrise pictures, the first sunrise of 2003.
(1 Jan 03) |
Mom and Dave visited. We drove to the West coast, went glacier climbing, jet boating, and paragliding. And had some fun, too. =)
(12-20 Jan 03) |
Movies! Some low-quality movies of things around New Zealand.
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February and March. Some stuff that I did in February and March, including eating mountain oysters at the Wild Foods Festival!
(Feb and Mar 03) |
The Milford Track. Pictures from my four day hike along the Milford Track, described (rightfully) as "one of the most beautiful walks in the world."
(10-14 Apr 03) |
Easter, hiking, and a 1700's party. Easter up at Lake Lyndon, hiking the port hills, going to a 1700s themed party (all dressed up!)
(Apr-Jun 03) |
Two weeks in Australia. A 6 day liveaboard dive trip on the Great Barrier Reef, three days in Sydney, and two days in the Blue Mountains.
(13-25 Apr 03) |
A trip to Northland, above Auckland for five days, all the way to the tip of NZ. Boogie boarding off of several story high sand dunes, too!
(25-29 Jul 03) |
Birthday and Queenstown. Jumped off a 440 ft high platform, played in the snow, had a nice birthday, and also pics of a young adults retreat.
(Aug 03) |
My last week in NZ, I went to several parties (in my honor, of course), and held one of my own the night before I left.
(11-18 Oct 03) |
12 days in Fiji on the way home. I was amazed at the friendliness of the Fijians, and the country is nice and beautiful and warm!
(18-30 Oct 03) |