On the road again, continuing north. As is typical in New Zealand, your next adventure is just around the corner. We stumbled upon an area called Buller Gorge. We found New Zealand’s longest swingbridge, at 110m long. The kids loved it – I was terrified! We walked over, and then the kids did the cometline...
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers, Hotikika & Punakaiki, South Island /New Zealand – Day 4
I was really looking forward to this. 30 minute helicopter ride with a glacier landing? Oh yes.
We woke up to near white out conditions on the glaciers, meaning no helicopter ride for us. However, it cleared slightly after about thirty minutes and we were able to go up. We probably should have opted...
Drive up the west coast of South Island / New Zealand – Day 3
Yes, we’re crazy. Day 3 in New Zealand, and we drove several hours up the west coast of the South Island. We love a good road trip. This is a LONG drive, but one that is well worth doing. Our destination this night was Franz Josef, which is a 7 mile long glacier located in...
Milford Sound & Queenstown, South Island / New Zealand, Day 2
This was my favorite day of 2011.
Milford Sound is a fjord in the south west of the South Island, just inland of the Tasman Sea. The plane trip from Queenstown takes about 20-25 minutes instead of driving 4 plus hours ONE WAY in a bus. We didn’t have much time so we opted for...
Queenstown, South Island / New Zealand – Day 1
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain
Get ready. You are about to see a lot of New Zealand. I finally found the time to catch up on some personal photo projects over the holidays. Yes, we took this trip in February of last year.
What an amazing place. I will...
Faith + Matthew | Torrance children’s photographer
Some of my favorite people! I completely thought I already blogged this, but apparently it was in my draft folder for a month. Oops.