Testing the camera (th...
Testing the new camera at the Clothing Distribution Center (CDC) (this was where I picked it up)
Friendly home base whi...
Friendly home base while in Christchurch
Another popular Polie ...
Another popular Polie hangout...the Dux de Lux patio. Now sadly closed by the earthquake. Maybe someday...
I didn
I didn't do this
And yet another popula...
And yet another popular Polie spot...the Bog on the Cashel Street mall. Sadly, this whole block is gone after the 2011 earthquake...sorry Kevin Torphy, who knows where the plaque is now.
Dinner with Polies in ...
Dinner with Polies in Lyttelton
Katie Hess (mgr) at ri...
Katie Hess (mgr) at right, her visiting mother is across the table
close to this WWI memo...
close to this WWI memorial.
Lytteton from the othe...
Lytteton from the other side of the bay
Looking out to sea
Looking out to sea
Lyttleton, the port (t...
Lyttleton, the port (taken from the ferry to Diamond Harbour)
The beach at New Brigh...
The beach at New Brighton (brrrr!)
The spa at Hanmer Spri...
The spa at Hanmer Springs 2 hours north of ChCh
Spa entrance
Spa entrance
The lap pool, 26°C, wa...
The lap pool, 26°C, waterslides in the background
Thermal pools of vario...
Thermal pools of various temps 36-42°C
View of the pools from...
View of the pools from the top of Conical Hill above Hanmer Springs
Forests and logging areas
Forests and logging areas
Hanmer Springs lodging
Hanmer Springs lodging
Lodging in Dunedin (on...
Lodging in Dunedin, the Hogwartz hostel (only 50 more steps up to the front door)
Speights brewery tour ...
Speights brewery tour in Dunedin
Something old, somethi...
Something old, something new...
Brewing kettles
Brewing kettles
A pint of dark ale...
A pint of dark ale...
Available at Pole...an...
Available at Pole at least in 2008...and supposedly at Trader Joe's in the US as well.
The Admiral Byrd monum...
The Admiral Byrd monument overlooking...
...Dunedin and Otago Bay
...Dunedin and Otago Bay
Hero shot
Hero shot
Plaque closeup
Plaque closeup
Taieri Gorge Railway t...
Taieri Gorge Railway tourist train from Dunedin
End of the line...
End of the line...
...and beginning of this.
...and beginning of this.
You can
You can't get there from here. This sign was in Middlemarch, the western terminus of my trip on the Taieri Gorge Railway out of Dunedin.
Through the gorge
Through the gorge on the way back to Dunedin.