Singapore and Malaysia

 Merlion Park, Singapore

Kuala Lumpur with the Petronas Towers, formerly the world's tallest building, already surpassed by the incomplete Menara 118, just 3 kilometres away.

Batu Caves, just outside Kuala Lumpur.

Anyone for tea? Boh Tea Plantation, Cameron Highlands. Cooler climate at 1500 metres above sea level - preparing for English weather.

Heading to Taman Negara national park

Rainforest walk.

Floating Restaurant.

Beach at Kuantan, east coast.

One of the locals

Relaxing before the trip to England.

Hanging out with friends before our big overseas trip

 

Christmas Holidays

On top of Mount Maunganui.

Heading back down.

Time to cool off.

Orokawa Bay, Waihi Beach.

Long Bay, Auckland.

 

Turangi and National Park

On the walk to Tama lakes with Mount Ruapehu in the background.

Lunch above Lower Tama Lake, after a walk of eight km or five miles roughly, from Chateau Tongariro.

By Upper Tama Lake looking down on the lower lake and Mount Ruapehu behind.

Upper Tama Lake and Mount Ngauruhoe.

 

Hanging around in Turangi.

On the Tongariro River Trail, Turangi.

Spring Break

Lake Taupo Holiday Resort. Donna using her noodle whilst Amy runs rings around her.

Waikato river just north of Taupo.

Amy climbing the walls, not me for a change!

Snow-capped Mount Ruapehu, Mt Ngarahoe and Mt Tongariro, from the Taupo lakefront.
 

Cheer(s)

Second place for her team in their category at the Spring Carnival Cheer event in Auckland, and the medal to prove it.
 

Martin's UK Trip

Bolsover

Pleasley Pit, closed in 1983, now a museum and country park.

Flore, Northamptonshire

Malcolm with Fred, Bruno and Luna, Flore church in the background.

 With sister Sue, Auntie Kath and mum in Quorn.

July Holiday

At the'Hill's' in Auckland with John and Charlie. Then Charlie came back home with us for a few days.

First live womens football game for all three of us - with Charlie at Mclean Park Napier for New Zealand v Vietnam - a warm up game for Women's World Cup. NZ won 2-0.
 

At Hawke's Bay airport waiting for Charlie's flight home.

Great Day for a Walk

Up the peak today. Looking over Havelock North to Napier and a very calm looking ocean.

Heading down with Mount Erin on the left.
 

June

On a rare good weekend day, up Bluff Hill in Napier.

Te Mata peak viewed from the saddle of my bike.

 

A nice day for a bike ride, but that lake shouldn't be there.
 

Flipping Amy

A couple of vidoes for a change. Amy's latest tricks.

 

Winter is coming

First sign of snow on the Ruahines yesterday morning. A view we didn't have before cyclone Gabrielle took out the tree in the way.
 

Looking the other way, a before and after shot. The remains of the tree which just missed us on the right and the six bigger ones which had to go before the next storm

Easter Holidays

Amy went to her friend Olive's for five days whilst Donna and I travelled down to Kaiteriteri near Nelson, for a Hash House Harriers Event. This is Kaiterititeri Beach and Nearby Split Apple Rock which we walked to.

After five glorious days, the weather turned as Amy and Olive flew into Nelson, flying as unaccompanied minors, dropped off in Wellington by Olive's dad and collected by us. We managed a few outdoor activities along with indoor ones on the worst days. Here the hydroslide at Tahunanui Beach, Nelson.

The geographical centre of New Zealand, Nelson, with Olive

The Other Havelock

At the far end of the 'Snout', Picton.