In February 2024 we had a holiday down under and travelled through and between both Islands in New Zealand, before having three days in Sydney Australia.
Summary of our trip
This page shows a summary of our trip with a few images. Click on the links below to see more images from different parts of our trip
The scenery in New Zealand was “to die for”. You drive down the road and say “wow, look at that!”. Then 10 minutes later you say exacly the same again as a new vista greets you
We started our journey in Auckland, looking at the dormant volcanos and travelling across on the ferry to Devonport, where the buildings are remeniscent of a 1900 colonial style. Our journey then took us down, round and back up to Coromandel, before a long drive to Rotorua and four nights there, over looking lake Rotorua. An even longer drive took us down to Wellington, past the wonderful lake Taupo and the Huku Falls.
We spent time in Wellington and visited Zealandia, before getting up early to catch the ferry to Picton on the South Island. The ferry crossing afforded lots of opportunities to capture remarkable images of the differing coast line on both islands. From Picton we made the six hour train journey to Christchurch. The train had an open air viewing platform which itself was a photographer’s dream. A day in Christchurch was followed by another trainride over the alps to Greymouth where we spent a day before returning to Christchurch for a couple more days.
Our final three days were in Sydney where the weather was not kind to us, however it did facilitate some interesting images and we were also able to watch the Queen Elizabeth depart the harbour
Look at other images of the North Island here