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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

Napier - 'Art Deco' Capital of New Zealand

April 18, 2013 • 1 Comment

Our next stop-off: Napier. In 1932 Napier was destroyed in an earthquake. This gave the town planners an opportunity to redesign the whole town in an 'art deco' style. This form of architecture has remained and is not only popular with tourists but is celebrated by the residents in an art deco festival every February where dressing up in period cos...

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'Quaintsville' to Shacksville' ?

April 18, 2013 • Leave a Comment

A wee lick of paint and it’ll look like new

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Antique Shop, 'Quaintsville'

April 18, 2013 • 1 Comment

Another typical shop in Woodville.

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A town called Woodville, Highway 2

April 18, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Or should we call it ‘Quaintsville’? Still enroute to Napier.

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Tui Employees of the Month

April 18, 2013 • Leave a Comment

And an interloper (in a dress too)!

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Tui Brewery Lunch

April 18, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Courgette and sweetcorn fritters and a chicken, apricot and camembert toastie. Filled a (big) space. Fiona couldn’t sample the Tui product because it was her turn to drive (boo hoo!)

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Tui Brewery, Mangatainoka

April 18, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Back on the road again. En route to Napier on Highway 2 from Wellington we stopped at the Tui Brewery for lunch in the cafe. The Tui advertising is quite similar to Fosters so very witty and full of attitude.

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Night Scene Civic Square, Wellington

April 17, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Quite surprisingly Wellington is very poorly lit at night (or else they are on an efficiency saving drive) making the usual skyline shots of the sky scrapers not really feasible (Alan's all disappointed). Civic Square was the exception (Alan's back smiling cos he can use his tripod again).

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Cable Car, Wellington

April 17, 2013 • 1 Comment

The cable car was off for scheduled maintenance all weekend but it came back on on Sunday afternoon – thank goodness didn’t fancy the walk back down from the Botanic Gardens after the hike up.

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Scottish Meet-up

April 17, 2013 • Leave a Comment

We met Karin McKenzie, daughter of our friends Alex and Anne from Bishopbriggs, for Sunday brunch in a place called Southern Cross just off Cuba Street (big tick for food). Karin arrived in NZ on Tuesday on a 7 month working visa but plans to do some sightseeing first. Good seeing you Karin and enjoy your time in NZ – make the best of your time in...

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