Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Australia and New Zealand - part 1

Recently I took a trip to the countries down under to watch the total solar eclipse of 2012. This is the story of how this trip went and what I saw there...

I will not bore you with the details of the trip to Australia just yet (maybe on a later post :p ), but I'll show you a preview, a "best of" if you will, of what's to come.

This... is Sydney :
Financial Centre

purple tree and moon, early morning
The Sydney Opera and Bridge at night
Sydney at night


Sydney at night, tilted

And because Sydney offers some interesting wildlife, here are some of my favourites:

Humpback whales: mother and calf


Humpback whale waving its tale

Medusas :)
Meeting at twilight

Rex, the crocodile, eager for visitors :)
I didn't stay just in Sydney, after all the country is full of wonderful places to visit:
boats in Cairns harbour

out on the boat

coral reefs straight ahead!

tornado in sight. beware!

Uluru / Ayers Rock

yep, definitely watch out for kangaroos out here

Kata Tjuta

Uluru at sunset

And now that you've seen some of the beauties of Australia, let's move to its neighbour, New Zealand:

Rotorua, North Island

Maori boat - details

Rotorua museum, before sunset

same Rotorua museum, just closer
Mount Ngauruhoe, at the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, a.k.a "Mount Doom" (Lord of the Rings)

The Emerald Lakes, inside the Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Wellington harbour

Wellington at night

Stay tuned for a more detailed account of my adventures in these wonderful places.

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