New Zealand

Mount Sefton Southern Alps

Mount Sefton with Mueller Lake below

Hermitage Hotel

Milky Way and Southern Cross

Taken from just outside Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park

Aoraki/Mount Cook

Mount Cook taken from our room in the Hermitage Hotel

Going home for the night

Yellow Eyed Penguin climbing the hill to get home after a day at sea.

The Climb

The Lonely Life of a Yellow Eyed Penguin

The Yellowed Eyed Penguin lives along and trudges up and down the cliffs everyday. The climb for this little guy makes would be like us climbing 3,000' everyday!

The Old Man

The oldest Yellow Eyed Penguin in the colony

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Yellow-eyed penguin seen on the Penguin Place Tour

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Yellow-eyed penguin seen on the Penguin Place Tour

1889 Armstrong Disappearing Gun

Part of the Royal Albatross Center. Below Fort Taiaroa, built on the headland to counter the potential threat of a Russian invasion in the late 1880s and later used for training and defence during WWI and WWII. The only fully restored 1889 Armstrong Disappearing Gun in the world in its original position.

Royal Albatross Returning to Land

Royal Albatross returning to land at the Royal Albatross Center.

Royal Albatross Chick

The Royal Albatross is endangered. The folks at the Royal Albatross Center do a magnificent job helping to preserve the species.

Beginning of Autumn in Southland

Beginning Storm in Milford Sound

We only caught the beginning of a storm rolling into Miford Sound (5th wettest place on earth). Even with just a little rain the valley walls sprouted hundreds of waterfalls in every direction. Absolutly amazing!!!

Petty Theif

Milford Sound Kea. These birds, although striking, will destroy anything they can get their beak on... including the rubber on your windshield wipers!!!

Milford Sound Before a Major Storm

What famous spot in California does this remind you of?

Southern Fur Seals lounging in Milford Sound

Milford Sound Stirling Falls

Stirling Falls plunging directly into Milford Sound with part of my kayak tour paddling upto the falls. There is so much wind coming off the falls you have to lean heavily into the falls or get tipped!

Milford Sound Stirling Falls

Stirling Falls plunging directly into Milford Sound

Milford Sound Creek

Creek in Milford Sound off the trail up the The Chasm Viewing Bridge

Milford Sound The Chasm

Milford Sound The Upper Chasm

Milford Sound Tutoko River