Friday, May 8, 2009

Pics of NZ - Wangas to Hamilton

Well these are some more NZ pics from that trip - all of these were taken from the car on the road between Wangas and Hamilton.  Auckland ones still to come. (note - these are not in location order)

Looking down at Te Kuiti


Between Taumaranui and Te Kuiti


Mount Ngauruhoe in the distance and the Rangipo Desert (an area also known as the Central Plateau - where 3 of the mountains are - Ruapehu, Tongariro and Ngauruhoe)


The Rangipo Desert


Looking up at one of the viaducts (which was in one of the previous pictures, looking down from the train)


Mount Ruapehu (where a lot of the mountain scenes from LoTR were filmed)


Mount Ruapehu again


Farmland just outside Wangas


slightly further out of wangas


Just after the farmland ends


And again.  This is part of the Whanganui National Park


First signs of Autumn (keeping in mind this was 3 weeks ago)


Whanganui National Park again


and again


The Whanganui River nearing Upokongaro


The Whanganui River from Anzac Pde


The Huka Falls 


The Huka falls again

Will put the pics of the trip between Hamilton and Auckland and Auckland itself up soon

2 comments:

CrimeSceneFairy said...

Whow. New Zealand is awesome :D *hugs New Zealand *

netsirK said...

I agree with Skittles! It's beautiful!
Mount Ruapehu, Whanganui River, and Huka falls are my favs. :) But they're all awesome! I also like the one of the trees getting ready for autumn, and Whanganui National Park is really pretty too. OK, I'll just leave it at I love them all. :D