Caving in Waitoma, New Zealand

The caving tour group


Mhairi getting all dolled up


Stud


Starting the repel


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Model canoe in Waitoma village

Rotura, New Zealand

Ever wonder how to get a Zorb back to the top of the hill? A Zorb conveyor of course!


I think that's me


At the bottom


Zorb conquest!


Kiwi sign at the kiwi hatchery, the only place I saw a live kiwi


Tehokowhitu -A-Tu native village built on a thermal area


Kids playing


More of the kids


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Old house


Hot gyser


More thermal vents


Gyser


Thermal stuff


Hot pool


Christian influence


Close up


Meeting house


Thermal vents


Thermal mud pools


More thermal mud pools, in front of a mural


large thermal area


Geyser


Us in front of the geyser


Thermal lakes


Blue Lake


Mhairi


Start of the traditional dinner and dance


Cooking the food outside


Traditional performance


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Audience participation. They picked Mhairi as one of the girls to go up on stage with them


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Then they picked me as one of the guys


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Tongario Northern Circuit: Tongario National Park, New Zealand

Cows being herded up the road


They think they own the place


Moo


Inside Look


Cow


In the road


Car and cows


Whakapappa Village


Improvised steering wheel lock after the lock on the club broke


Starting the hike


Mt Ngauruhoe at the start. (We climb that eventually)


Mt Ruapehu


On the trail


Us with Ruapehu


Ruapehu (Thats where all the Mount Doom scenes from Lord of the Rings were filmed)


More of Ngauruhoe


On the trail, Mt Ngauruhoe


Mhairi at the start, Mt Ngauruhoe


Mhairi hiking


Sunset at the campsite


More sunset


Sunset with a tent


Mt Taranake with sunset


Mangatepopo Hut


Ngauruhoe Sunset


Campsite sunset


Mangatepop Valley


Soda Springs


waterfall somewhere


Soda Springs


Soda Springs, another candid shot ruined


Mangatepop climb


Mangatepopo Valley


rocks


Ngaurahoe Climb


From the top


Red Rim


View from Ngaurahoe


Blue Lake


Me on Ngauruhoe


Mhairi on Crater


Mt Ruapehu from Mt Ngauruhoe


Crater View


Red Rim crater


Ice in crater


Me on crater


Ngauruhoe crater


inside crater


More of crater


More of crater


In crater


In crater


Mhairi on Crater rim


Lakes from crater


Steam coming from inside volcanoe


Ngauruhoe and us


Blue lake


View from summit


Crater Panoramic


Crater Panoramic with Mhairi


random flowers


Mt Ngauruhoe from Mt Tongariro


Panoramic


From Tongariro again


From Mt Tonariro one more time


Emerald Lakes


Mhairi over Emerald Lakes


The trail down


Down to Emerald Lakes


Lunch at Emerald Lake


Lunch spot


Emerald Lake


Oturere Hut


Oturere Valley falls


Walking towards Ruapehu


another random flower


Waihohonu


Waihohonu Valley


Waihohonu lunch spot


Mhhhh, bulk cereal.


Mhairi hiking


falls


Mhairi at the stream


Mhairi and the stream


Old Waihohonu Hut


Inside historic hut


Old fireplace


Mhairi at historic Waihohonu hut


Lower Tama Lake


Lower Tama Lake


Taranaki Falls


Behind the falls


Behind falls again


from Taranaki Falls


Mhairi at Taranaki


Driving later?? I really don't remember