Cruising around NZ

[ScottH]

I just came back from a 13 day cruise around NZ, very relaxing and plenty of cocktails!!
Here is a snippet of what I saw along the way.
Stop 1 - Auckland

Auckland City


Auckland


Dawn Princess


Auckland Harbour Bridge


Auckland Sunset


Movie under the Stars

[wacko-ocker]

the ulitmit BIG SCREEN

[P Plates]

An interesting set Scott. Now is a 13 day cruise equal to a 5 or 10kg cruise? A friend of mine who regularly goes on cruises always classifies them as to the weight she gains.

#2 and #4 have a greenish colour cast on my screen - to my eyes just using the grey eyedropper in levels on the grey roof of the building above the green shrubs lower left in #2 gives it a better colour

[ScottH]

I was told it was 7Kg per 2 week cruise.
Fortunately it was a 0kg for me. We did a lot of walking.

Thanks for the feedback.
I only just learnt about the eye dropper thing late last year, but have since forgotten about it.
I've now used it on those 2 shots and hope they look better.

Auckland Harbour Bridge

Auckland Harbour

[P Plates]

They do to me.

[roshoto]

Love the sunset shot

[ScottH]

Thank you!

[ScottH]

Stop 2 - Tauranga - Rotorua

I could have stayed at the bubbling mud for hours, but we only had 5 minutes. I think I took about 50 shots in that time.

Mud Bubbles


Spurting Mud


Spurting Mud


Yellow Pool


Artists Palette


Coloured Steam - Artists Palette

[wacko-ocker]

aar the memories what a place ...that spitting mud shot is a cracker

[seaslug]

Well documented Scott. Think some friends of ours were on that cruise too.

[P Plates]

Can understand you being fascinated by that bubbling mud - great shots of it. Love the colours in the steamy pools.

[Gaz]

Rotorua is an interesting place to visit and doesn't take that long to get use to the sulphur smell..
Great images Scott, I especially like the timing on the 1^st 'Spurting Mud' image.


Looking forward to seeing the rest of your journey displayed here.

[ScottH]

Stop 5 - Akaroa

We did a wildlife cruise to see the Hector Dolphins, the smallest dolphins in the world.
Very cute, but very hard to shoot.

Early Morning Akaroa


Hector Dolphins


Hector Dolphins


Little Penguin


Dawn Princess Anchored in Akaroa

[ScottH]

Stop 4

Westpac Centre, Wellington


Inside Te Papa, Wellington


Orc, Te Papa, Wellington

[P Plates]

Another interesting set. Those dolphins are very different to the ones we get up here.

[ScottH]

They are very small, and very few in numbers. Not quite the same as the Bottlenose Dolphins.

[ScottH]

Stop 6 - Dunedin

Succulent


Thistle


Alice in Wonderland


Lanarch Castle


Garden Archway


Dunedin Railway Station Clock


Looking down on the gardens