The Desert Road, in the centre of the North Island, as seen from my mother's car
A stream off the road just away from Mt Ruapehu
Lake Taupo in the evening
Lake Taupo in the morning
Hill country south of the Central Plateau
Gorge in the hill country south of the Central Plateau
Rail viaduct in the hill country south of the Central Plateau
Maraetai Beach, just outside of Auckland - where I grew up from age 2 to age 13
Maraetai Beach School - where I did Primary School (Elementary) and Intermediate (Middle School)
'Hobbiton' supposedly in Matamata ... personally I think Tirau was a better place
The house that I grew up in at Maraetai Beach
The street that I grew up on at Maraetai Beach
View from my mother's new home
Mt Ngauruhoe, early spring temps melting the snow
Mt Ngauruhoe (L) and Mt Ruapehu (R), early spring temps melting the snow
Omana Beach - one of the beaches in the Maraetai Beach area
Overlooking Lake Taupo from the south
Overlooking Lake Rotorua
Countryside north of Rotorua
Overlooking the city and lake in Taupo
Abandoned rail tracks north of Rotorua
Lake Rotorua
The famous 'Blue Baths' in Rotorua
Steam escaping outside of the 'Blue Baths' in Rotorua
Rotorua Marae
Rotorua Marae church
Rotorua Museum
Swan in Lake Rotorua
Mt Ruapehu - spring temps melting the snow
Mt Ruapehu with The Chateau in the forefront
The Chateau with Mt Ruapehu in the background
View out from The Chateau on Mt Ruapehu to the Central Plateau
View out from behind The Chateau on Mt Ruapehu to the Central Plateau
Thames Valley
Mt Tongariro with lake in the forefront
Thermal underground power generation between Rotorua and Taupo
Wild rooster next to my mother's car, north of Rotorua
