Land of beauty and mystery: green ferns, lush fields and rolling hills, snow-capped volcanic mountains and majestic waterfalls. 

A tribute to New Zealand:

To the people of New Zealand, thank you for your kind and gracious hospitality. And how hard working everyone is there, to keep it clean and beautiful.  

• It was a joy to see no rubbish in the streets. Each household and shop owner kept their premises freshly painted, and their gardens beautiful and neatly clipped sidewalks.  
• Farmers who took pride in keeping their hedge-ways immaculately trimmed. And don’t forget the neatly stacked woodpiles that kept their paddocks so tidy. 
• My breath was taken away when I saw how fresh and clean the water was in the rivers. And don’t forget the huge volume and power of the sea-green water gushing over the waterfalls. 

Here are some photos of that great country:

Tried to add in photos that I hadn’t shown you before: 

North island photos:

These two photos are of Rotarua. 

 

And these are of Rotarua, Ruapehu mountains and desrest, Dawson’s Wilkie pools and Taranaki mountain, in that order from left to right. 

 

Here is a photo of Howell’s lake our son took. The rest are what mountain slips look like, New Zealand’s Stone-trees, and a scene in Palmerston North’s reserve park. 

South island photos:

 

Now on South island, what you will see in Hadley Park in Christchurch. And Kaikoura along the west coast, before going down to Christchurch. 

First the little reserve area next to the town of Twizel. Then the traffic through Cromwell pass,  and the town of Te Anau, before going off to  Milford sounds. 

Looking back on fun times:

We had a really wonderful wild glorious time in New Zealand.  

And to those who have been following all my blog series on our trip there, I hope you had enjoyed it too.