New Zealand Wow! What a trip! If you have got to this part of the website, then you have been through the pictures from Australia already. While Sydney and the Blue Mountains were cool, they didn't even compare to the rural lands of the South Island of New Zealand. We started at Christchurch, drove through Lake Tekapo to Mount Cook, then on to Queenstown. After that we spent a day in Milford Sound, one of the most coolest places on earth. We finished up with a trip up the west coast and then on to Golden Bay with a two night stay at Autumn Farm. If you like rural mountains and beaches, go here.
	Lake Tekapo 4 March 1998	Lake Tekapo 4 March 1998	Mount Cook 5 March 1998
	Horace Walker Glacier 5 March 1998	Farmer Jim 6 March 1998	Sheeps 6 March 1998
	Stone Church at Lake Tekapo 4 March 1998 After spending our first day in New Zealand in Christchurch doing laundry and eating fish -n- chips, we took off for the back country. Lake Tekapo was where we made camp that first night.   back to top
	Lake Tekapo 4 March 1998 Sure enough, that tiny person in the middle of this inspired country side is Jim. If you look closely, you can tell he's smiling   back to top
	Mount Cook Airlines 5 March 1998 We chartered a plane and flew around the peak of Mt Cook. I guess you could say we got up close and personal with the mountain. It was worth every penny. I have about 30 more pictures of the mountain taken from the air. Too bad the internet is too slow to upload them all!   back to top
	Horace Walker Glacier 5 March 1998 After flying around the peak at Mt Cook, the pilot headed right into the rocks, did a high bank curve, forcing us into the floor of the plane by pulling too many Gs, then spun onto the glacier that overlooks an 11,000 foot high cliff. Yes, we slid into a stop in a big lazy circle while we all found our own religion. Anyway, we lived. Here's me & Jim standing next to the plane on Horace Walker Glacier. You should have seen how the plane took off...  back to top
	Rancher Jim 6 March 1998 One of the many stops along the way. Here's Jim posing for a picture.     back to top
	Sheep Xing 6 March 1998 Yes, the sheep really do walk across the roads in New Zealand. They say that there are 20 sheep for every citizen in the country. Someone suggested the tourist board subsidizes the sheep walks so that the tourists will keep coming back.   back to top
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