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New Zealand in pixels

It is quite a task to curate and select what to share with others when you think there was just this overwhelming abundance of sensory delights.

So I will try to do justice and share vistas nature created both large scale and small, wild and domesticated life, then some of man's creations some edible and some not to add to the kaleidoscope that was the islands of New Zealand.

Tropical Bottlebrush also called New Zealand's Christmas tree as these bloom in summer when NZ celebrates its Xmas.  Quite spectacular and seen in all parts - this specimen was in front of the government buildings in capital city of Wellington.

Taking Terns at the sunny rock

Zollywood fans rejoice - none in our family was particularly keen to see any of the Hobbits so we stuck to what was freely visible aka humans
Lot of places have LOTR messaging so that you do the right thing and buy some of the magic in a bottle or a shirt or something...
Local 'May I help you' comes in the form of wonderful public private partnership run tourism offices called I SITE - this one in Matamata made to look like a Hobbit abode.


Rotorua or land of the thermal geysers was particularly styled in Tudor ..



Wonderful evening on lake Rotorua..north island..


you can farm anything ... we saw goats, deer (which is big since Venison fetches better $ per pound) sheep (of course) and ostrich as the go to meat to breed..

yes there are also their fair share of Stalactites and Mites in caves nearby..

More later..






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  1. RajendraJanuary 4, 2014 at 10:38 PM

    What is a hobbit? An IT pro with a hobby?

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  2. Diamond HeadJanuary 5, 2014 at 9:14 AM

    funny...I wonder if they developed Middleware (the movies make a -weird- reference to middle earth I am told)

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