Our 30th wedding anniversary!...walking through the beech forest....red,mountain and silver beech trees...lichens,mosses and ferns..... spectacular..

View of the mountain this morning from our hut.....

 

Lake Wakatipu...traveling to the starting point of our walk.

 

Greenstone Valley....

 

 Beautiful Queenstown...such a stunning place...we had a wonderful day sightseeing and shopping.

 

 

Aotearoa..Land of the Long White Cloud

Today we flew into Queenstown and had the most fantastic views from our window.

 

Akaroa ...a small town on the coast about an hours drive from Christchurch.

 

Bondi on an overcast Sydney day...

 

.....and Macario and Carlota.

A short but very worthwhile visit to Sydney on our way to New Zealand.

 

Yummy lunch at Jus Burgers Northbridge (my first time there) with the delightful and talented PhD students Alex, Rujia and Annette...a great way to celebrate my last day at work before my holiday.