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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

Dolphin Watching, Bay of Islands

April 26, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
We went on a cruise to see dolphins and visit the famous hole in the rock. The bottle nose dolphins, which were pretty big, were out to play but you had to be quick to catch them never mind trying to muscle in on the passengers who were hogging the good viewing places. This image and the two that following made this a fantastic trip and one of the...
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Can I park my scooter here ?

April 26, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
This caught Fiona's eye in the parking lot of Waitangi so it had to go in the blog!
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Queens Visit Waitangi

April 26, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
The Queen visited Waitangi in 1953 and planted a tree - this exemplifies the importance of this area in the history of New Zealand.
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Carving Interior of Meeting House, Waitangi

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Interior of Meeting House, Waitangi

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Exterior of the Maoiri Meeting House, Waitangi

April 26, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Every Maoiri tribe has a sacred meeting house and this is the exterior of the one in Waitangi and the following images show the ornate carvings of the interior. We had to remove our shoes before entering the house.
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Treaty House, Waitangi

April 26, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
This is the building where the Maoiri leaders met the British leaders, which included Captain Hobson, and signed the treaty outlining their rights. The rooms inside have been replicated to represent what they would have looked like in the mid 19th century and copies of the signed treaty are on display.
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Carving on front of Waka, Waitanga

April 26, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Alan used flash to bring out the full effect of the carving on the front of the waka - pretty scary, eh! (the carving not Alan)
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Front of Waka, Waitangi

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As can be seen from this image, the front of the waka has very ornate carving.
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Waitangi, Paihai

April 26, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Waitangi is the most significant Maoiri heritage area just 1 km outside of Paihai. This is where the Waintangia Treaty was signed between the Maori leaders and the British colonisers. The treaty gave Maori's rights to the land, trade etc. The above building houses the longest Waka, a Maori warrior boat ordinarily made out of one log of wood that ha...
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