Final leg from the east coast of the South Island back to Auckland

Last camper




East Coast Crayfish












Silvereye



We finally got to see some kiwis at the Mt Bruce Wildlife Centre!

kiwi in its night enclosure


cheeky kokako


Ended the trip with a dip in the hot springs at Waikite, near Rotorua






September 2011

Christchurch, still in recovery

September 2011

Church of the Good Shepherd

Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
September 2011

Aoraki / Mt Cook

Mt Cook, Sir Edmund Hillary's training ground














Mt Cook, New Zealand
September 2011

Dunedin

Royal Albatross


Yellow-eyed penguin












Fur seals





Oystercatchers











Dunedin, New Zealand
August, 2011

Milford Sound

En route to Milford Sound:
New rental car for this leg of the trip!





Milford Sound









This girl chose a great hat for the trip!






We met this mischievous kea on the drive back out through the mountains. It tried to eat our rental car! It got a few bits of rubber ripped off from around the windscreen before we realized what it was doing!


















Obligatory sheep field photo...




Milford Sound and surrounds, New Zealand
August 2011