 | Reflected sunset on the Bridge of Remembrance in Christchurch. |
 | Do not look at this image! |
 | A typical scene of earthquake damage. |
 | Most buildings pass inspection; a few do not. |
 | Rain! |
 | Creative reuse. |
 | Rain in the square. |
 | Hey! The tram is running again. |
 | Repairs on the Cathedral. |
 | A pile of rocks in the Square. |
 | A pile of rocks in the Square. |
 | Skua! |
 | Kinetic art outside the Art Gallery. |
 | Kinetic art outside the Art Gallery. |
 | Kinetic art outside the Art Gallery. |
 | Kinetic art outside the Art Gallery. |
 | Model A. |
 | Shoring up of the Art Centre. |
 | The Canterbury Museum. |
 | Duck and gull. I seem to be taking a lot of pictures of birds... |
 | Christmasified botanical garden tour bus. |
 | Punting on the Avon. |
 | Atlas cedar in the botanical garden. |
 | The counterclockwise sundial in the botanical garden. Problem one: at what time was this picture taken? (No cheating by using EXIF tags!) |
 | The Equation of Time. You'll need this for the problem above. |
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(3218x1973, 2164.74 kb) The fern house at the botanical gardens.
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 | The fern house. |
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(5428x4343, 6137.86 kb) The fern house at the botanical gardens.
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 | Electric art. |
 | Electric art. |
 | Electric art. |
 | Grant and Jon outside the Art Gallery. |
 | At the Art Centre. |
 | At the Art Centre. |
 | More repairs. |
 | Flat white (which appears to be just a latte) and a reallllllllly small mince pie. |
 | Ducks on the Avon. |
 | Suspended art in the art centre. |
 | Suspended art in the art centre. |
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(1345x2668, 719.00 kb) A spire from the Art Centre removed as an earthquake precaution.
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 | Earthquake demolition. |
 | La Petite Croix |
 | Live music at the Bard on Avon. |
 | Jon shows his approval for Radler. |
 | Whoops. That's not good. |
 | Fortunately, I travel with piano wire. |
 | The Pacific Ocean from Highway 1. |
 | A large truck tries to negotiate a small tunnel. |
 | Kaikoura Peninsula. |
 | Grant and Jon on the beach. |
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(10767x2088, 4672.51 kb) On the beach at Kaikoura.
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 | Zak on the beach. |
 | Pebbles! |
 | Pebbly surf. |
 | Cafe encounters: for those who find dolphin encounters too stressful. (You don't even need a boat.) |
 | Kaikoura |
 | Seal. |
 | Seals. |
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(8565x2456, 4080.64 kb) Seals on the beach.
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 | Fish. |
 | Tiaki the whale and the other whale watching boat. |
 | Spout. |
 | Tiaki the whale and the other whale watching boat. |
 | Tiaki the whale and the other whale watching boat. |
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(9378x2462, 3748.86 kb) Whale watching. The Kaikoura Peninsula can be seen in the background.
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 | The other whale watching boat. |
 | Tiaki. |
 | Tiaki and an albatross. |
 | Tiaki. |
 | The other whale watching boat heads off. |
 | The other whale watching boat heads off. |
 | Fin. |
 | Fin. |
 | The other whale watching boat heads off. |
 | The other whale watching boat heads off. |
 | Fin. |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Even our captain Jamie took some time to observe the dolphins. |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Dolphins! |
 | Back on the beach. |
 | Mountains in cloud on the way to Picton. |
 | Mountains in cloud on the way to Picton. |
 | Sunset over a vineyard. |
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(8504x2426, 2939.90 kb) Sunset over a vineyard outside of Blenheim.
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 | Vineyards. |
 | Reflected sunset. |
 | Grapevines. |
 | My room in Picton. I set the alarm to wake up twice during the night to be sure I used all three beds. |
 | New Year in Picton |
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(6211x2688, 2282.50 kb) New Year's Eve in Picton.
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(6154x2666, 2965.50 kb) New Year's Day in Picton. An interisland ferry is in port.
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 | Zak on the boat. |
 | Leaving Picton. |
 | Leaving Picton. |
 | Leaving Picton. |
 | A ketch in the Picton harbour. |
 | Leaving Picton. |
 | The Edwin Fox Museum. |
 | The RNZN. |
 | Wake. |
 | A typical beach in the Queen Charlotte Sound. |
 | On the boat. |
 | Bow shock. |
 | Kayakers. |
 | Another ketch. |
 | Scenery in the Sound. |
 | Picton. |
 | A resort in the Bay of Many Coves. |
 | More ketch. |
 | Leaving the Bay of Many Coves resort. |
 | Our next destination. |
 | Shore. |
 | A secluded house. |
 | Jon records our trip. |
 | The skipper and purser consult over our changed itinerary. |
 | Zak on the boat. |
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(7585x2383, 4406.27 kb) A random beach in the Queen Charlotte Sound.
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 | More kayakers on the sound. |
 | Looking towards Resolution Bay. |
 | Blumine Island. |
 | On the boat. |
 | Blumine Island. |
 | We disembark at Ship Cove. |
 | Heading to the trail. |
 | The trailhead. |
 | Looking down at Ship Cove. |
 | A odd looking log. |
 | Ship Cove. |
 | Resolution Bay. |
 | Resolution Bay. |
 | Resolution Bay. Also, me. |
 | We spot our first Weka. |
 | A view of Motuara and Hippa Islands. The North Island could be faintly discerned on the horizon from this view (but probably not in this image). |
 | A plaque at the summit. |
 | A weka looks for crumbs. |
 | Resolution Bay. |
 | Foliage. |
 | Foliage. |
 | One of many small waterfalls crossing our path. |
 | One of many small waterfalls crossing our path. |
 | Foliage. |
 | Another cataract. |
 | The road down to the Resolution Bay dock. |
 | At this point, the trail passed through a randomly placed meadow, complete with sheep and chickens. (We met the cow earlier.) |
 | Sheep! |
 | A lean-to. |
 | Endeavour Inlet. |
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(7203x2594, 3645.44 kb) Grant looks down over Endeavour Inlet.
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 | Dense foliage. |
 | More water. |
 | Endeavour Inlet. |
 | Dock in Endeavour Inlet. |
 | Dock in Endeavour Inlet. |
 | More wekas at a rest stop. |
 | More wekas at a rest stop. |
 | The view from the rest stop. |
 | The path fords another stream. |
 | Sun on Endeavour Inlet. |
 | Sun on Endeavour Inlet. |
 | Zak checks out the trees. |
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(6694x2405, 3329.02 kb) A beach on Queen Charlotte Sound.
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 | The pier at Furneaux Lodge. |
 | A trilobyte. |
 | A random beach at Furneaux. |
 | Our ride arrives. |
 | Back on the boat. Now with wine. And rock music (not shown). |
 | Leaving Furneaux. |
 | Leaving Furneaux. |
 | Leaving Furneaux. |
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(9235x2493, 4337.66 kb) Looking north towards Cook Strait.
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 | Sunset as we approach Picton. |
 | St. Michael's and All Angels. |
 | Bridge of Remembrance from the other side. |
 | A waterwheel in the Avon. |
 | Vicky. |
 | Feel free to cruise from this point on. |
 | Stig soap. |