We arrive in Auckland at 6 in the morning it was about 7 by the time we clear customs and the sun is just coming up
Our hotel our room wasn't ready till ten
Ah coffee just what we need after being without proper sleep since 5 two days previously
A flaming rock waterfall, something about the enduring flame
Our room bit smaller than the last two
The view
we had lunch at a nice Japanese place and had a lunch special which had a load of stuff. We had Kirin beer and were beig watched closely by these sparows
view from our room
another view from our room
the skytower
view down the lift shaft
our hotel is the yellow building
byrn hanging by a thread
Some doors on the skydeck I guess for window cleaning
the target used for the sky jump
The Train Station
The overlander the train we will be taking across the north island
On the Train
View from the train
A random card thing we found in our crisps
a power station
That's a lot of Cows
A tunnel on the a windy section of track
Byrnie shows the countryside
The sea between NZ and Aus on a good day you can see melborne. This is not a good day.
Wellington Station, the only bit of wellington we saw before jumping in a cab for the airport to catch a plane for auckland.
Auckland by night
Auckland Bridge
A very fuzzy shot of the tour guide thomas returning the boat through the glow worm caves
long exposure shot of the exit of the caves
Us in front of the exit of the caves
Some shots in from a gas station/supermarket in national park village
The sunset
Long exposure shot of some of the mountains
Long exposure shot of Byrnie
What that shot looks like without long exposure
Our Chalet with the car parked infront
The main room in the chalet with 3 beds one visible
here's the other 2 beds
The main bedroom with a double bed I had this
Little wardrobe space in the bedroom
The bathroom
The morning view from our chalet
Byrnie driving
Setting off on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing
The ground is fairly rough with volcanic rocks
That in the background is Mt Nguaruhoe or Mt Doom from LOTR
You can see the distance we have come in this shot the car park is about in the middle of the picture
This is on the plateau at 1650m where the path splits to allow you to head up to the Mt Ngauruhoe summit
This is the south crater that steams alarmingly
Those dots are people
This path was slippery and pretty treacherous in parts, it was worse coming down.
The red Crater
The Emerald lakes taken from the highest point on the walk proper (the summits are higher)
Blue lake
Lots of sulfur and steam up at the top
It was very windy up there and the steam got quite thick
On the car journey back to Auckland airport
A tractor
Auckland airport with the sign Auckland city of sails
