Hi Everyone

We are on a 6 week trip of a lifetime visiting Singapore (2 nights), Perth (5 nights), Melbourne (4 nights), touring the South and then the North Islands of New Zealand for nearly a month, finishing with 3 nights in Hong Kong.

A wonderful opportunity to take photographs of so many contrasting cultures and landscapes. We would like to share a selection of images we have taken along the way on our Nikon D7000 and D800 cameras. We hope you enjoy them and continue to follow us on our adventures.

(The most recent post will be the first you will see so by working backwards and through the 'older posts' you will get to the beginning of the trip. Posts will be added when we get the selected images processed and internet access).

Enjoy !

Fiona and Alan

Wash hand basin area, Hundertwasser Toilets, Kawakawa

April 25, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Last toilet picture - the wash hand basin area with insert bottles to provide natural light. All you guys can now say that you've seen inside the ladies toilets in Kawakawa.
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Interior Hundertwasser Ladies Toilet, Kawakawa

April 25, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Suffice to say Alan couldn't take photos in the gents so Fiona took the following to give you an ideas of the attractive design. If you've ever been to Barcelona I think you will see the similarities with the Gaude style.
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Hundertwasser Designed Toilets, Kawakawa

April 25, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
We read of these famous public toilets in our tourist brochure. Since it was just before our destination,Paihai, we gave it a look. Last one designed by Hundertwasser, the Austrian designer (who?), in 1999. Anyway, worth a visit as the following images will show.
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Famous Maori, Whangarei Town Basin

April 24, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
There are two such sculptures, which we were struggling to determine what the differences were between them. Should have read the inscription first then we would have learned the sculpture depicted twin Maori sisters who had a strong influence on the Maori culture. Alan commented that Fiona's got the same face in the morning (good one Mr Grumpy!)...
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Shell Sculpture, Town Basin, Whangarei

April 24, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
This sculpture was made of marble.
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Eel Net, Whangarei Town Basin Walkway

April 24, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
This piece of art is so big that children use it as a climbing frame. We liked it because of it's shape and shadows in the afternoon sunlight.
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Waka and Wave Sculpture, Whangarei

April 24, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Along the wharf walkway there are a number of sculptures which celebrate the sea and the Maori culture. This large stone sculpture was called the Waka (Maori longboat constructed from one piece of timber) and the wave and was a publicly funded commission.To show the size of it Alan very kindly got in the way, sorry strike that, stood in the middle...
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Lunch, Serenity Cafe, Whangarei

April 24, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
This was why Serenity Cafe was the chosen lunch venue. Mild curry mussel chowder with garlic toast - Fiona's choice, and rustic smoked marlin with mashed potatoes, two poached eggs and hollandaise sauce for Alan. Deeeeeeeeelicious!
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Serenity Cafe, Whangarei

April 24, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
We decided on lunch at the Serenity Cafe, which is the building with the green awning - the clock museum is to the left.
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Claphams Clock Museum, Whangarei

April 24, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Didn't have time to go in here but loved the building and sundial at the front.
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