Some facts:
Population: 4.3 Mio.
Tourists: 4.0 Mio. (in peak season)
Sheeps: 32 Mio.
In December 2010 I did a 26-days bus trip through New Zealand. Here you'll find my "picture diary", starting in Christchurch (South Island). Before you start to read this looong post, you should know that there are a lot of pictures taken of landscapes, animals, buildings, and cultural things. Some of you may be interested in such pictures, others not ;)
For those of you having not enough time to read the whole New Zealand post, there is a Best-of NZ post with the very best pictures.
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Christchurch and Mount Sunday (a.k.a. Edoras)
Christchurch's church
Guided tour to Mount Sunday:
Outlook from Mt. Sunday (Edoras in Lord of the Rings)
Kaikoura --- The whale watching capital of New Zealand
My hostel "Fish Tank Lodge" and its room called "Men's Cave"
The "city" of Kaikoura
Kaikoura's stony beach
Bird's-eye view of Kaikoura:
Search for whales by microphone
A Sperm whale (Pottwal):
Dolphins jumping whilst following the ship:
Breakpoint: Fur seals colony (Seehunde) near to Kaikoura
Picton
Wellington --- New Zealand's capital
Population: ~ 400.000
Public buses are driven by electricity: || The major part of New Zealand's film industry is located in Wellington:
Memorials on Mount Victoria (in Wellington):
Outlook from Mount Victoria:
Te Papa --- National Museum (Wellington)
The biggest squid (Tintenfisch) ever catched. It is approximately 8m long:
Kiwis: || Original size of a blue whale's heart: || The picture on the right shows me:
Maori buildings and ships:
Nuclear weapon tests in Oceania
From Wellington (A) to Auckland (B)
Auckland --- New Zealand's biggest city
Population: ~ 1.5 Mio.
The kiwis are so smart, they built the biggest city in New Zealand on more than 50 volcanos, from which a couple are still active.
From Auckland (A) to Hahei (B)
Hahei
The hostel:
The coast of Hahei (partly seen in the movie "Prince of Narnia):
Hot Water Beach
There are many hot springs at "Hot Water Beach" caused by geothermal activities. Just grab a shovel and dig a hole to enjoy your own hot water pool!
From Hahei (A) to Raglan (B)
Breakpoint Paeroa
Breakpoint in a small town with a tree and a weird statue:
Raglan --- New Zealand's surf capital
The hostel amidst the dschungel
Whale Bay in Raglan:
From Raglan (A) to Rotorua (C) via Waitomo (B)
Waitomo --- Glow worm city
Waitomo is a very small town, which is known for its glow worm caves (Hoehlen)...
"Nets" spun by a glow wormAncient hand lamp and million years old fossil:
Rotorua --- The most stinky town of New Zealand and maybe in the entire world
Rotorua is known for it's geothermal activities. Sulphur makes the whole region smell like rotten eggs. Here you see some springs - the origin of that smell:
Black Swan
Government Gardens in Rotorua:
My hostel
The geothermal heat is so strong, it can be used to heat buildungs, hotels etc:
Hot mud pool (Matsch):
From Rotorua (A) to Taupo (B)
Breakpoint Huka Falls
Lake Taupo (Sailing tour)
Lake Taupo is the biggest lake of New Zealand. The Lake itself is actually the crater of a giant extinct volcano. The first picture shows in far distance the volcanos Ngauruhoe (a.k.a. Mt. Doom in Lord of the Rings) and Ruapehu :
300-years-old stone sculptures (zoom in!) carved by Maori:
Lizard (Eidechse)
This mountain looks like a pregnant woman lying on her back:
From Taupo (A) to National Park (B)
Tongariro National Park
The Tongariro Crossing (a 20km hike almost 2000m above sea level)
Volcano Ngauruhoe (Mt. Doom in Lord of the Rings) different pictures:
Volcanic lakes:
The volcano was full of ladybugs (Marienkaefer)
From National Park (A) to Wellington (C) and...
Bridge on the way to Marahau with an "important" warning sign!
Marahau --- Abel Tasman National Park
The hostel called "The Barn"
Wooden sculptures near to the hostel
A 19km walk through Abel Tasman National Park
Black mussels (Muscheln):
Million-years-old rock formations
Barrytown
Also known as Barry(No)Town, because it's population counts only 30 people. Except there is a Stray-Bus... then you'll find 60 people in Barrytown! The only thing you can do as a tourist is a dress-up party in it's small pub, which is a hostel as well.
The guy in pink is our bus driver :D
The pub/hostel and it's dress-up room
Breakpoint "museum" --- The craziest "museum" I have ever seen
A big pig and an opossum:
A monstrous fly
Franz Josef Glacier
Some breakpoints and lookouts:
Makarora --- A breakpoint for the night
Lake Hawea is located at the 45th Parallel (45. Breitengrad)
The origin of all bungy jumps near to Queenstown:
Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu
Milford Sound --- A fjord surrounded by steep mountains
Seal colony
A parrot called Kea
Gunns Camp --- The hostel
By the way, this hostel is rated (by me) as the strangest hostel all over New Zealand!
Mighty ducks
In case you are bored :D
In Gunns Camp were many sandflies! These are biting flies even worse than moskitos!
Breakpoint Bluff --- The most southern town of New Zealand's mainland
Invercargill
The hostel:
Breakpoint "Waipapa Point"
A sea lion:
Another breakpoints
Breakpoint McLean Falls
Breakpoint Pinguin Watch
If you zoom in you can see a pinguin standing in the bush cave
Dunedin
The hostel:
Dunedin's Central Station:
Dunedin's Fire Brigade
Officially the steepest street in the world (Guinness' Book of Records):
Breakpoint Lake Pukaki - The brightest blue I've ever seen!
Mount Cook (Village)
Tasman Glacier:
Mueller Glacier
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