The 2006 travelogue is, as usual, written as we go as part of the regular series of lighthearted Emails we have sent out for many years as "News from The Antipodes". In the past the initial text version was copied into the emails with little polishing and only a superficial spell check.
This year we have repeated the approach we used last year and uplifted them as we went to our web site and limiting the emails to a summary.
We have mostly used pictures from Pauline's Digital Canon A75 Camera along with some of the best previous pictures from Film and stills from the Peter's digital video camera. All the pictures on the pages provide details of where they were taken if you hover over them and they can all be clicked to open a larger version in a new pop-up Window.
The new digital pictures are in two resolutions so if you have Broadband you will be able to click here for more detail on the new pictures and click again to revert to lower detail pictures. You can also double click the pictures and it will toggle between picture modes but confusingly only for following pictures.
After each visit we also try to extract more from the chronological organisation and consolidate the content into specific pages. Some background pages which may be of interest are:
New Zealand Wines, Wineries and Vineyard Restaurants - brings together our favourite vineyards to visit. Selection is not solely the on the quality of the wine but is biased towards those with good vineyard restaurants, magnificent scenery and a friendly and helpful approach.
New Zealand Goldmining - Introduction to Goldmining Techniques and Travels in various Goldfields.
Kauri, both logging and the gathering and use of it's gum forms another unique part of New Zealand history worthy of investigation.
Active Thermal Areas - New Zealand is also an area which is very active geologically and has a number of fascinating thermal areas, predominantly North Island.
Maori Culture and Heritage - One can not fully understand and appreciate New Zealand without gaining some understanding of the Maori Culture and Heritage and the interactions with the first settlers and their way of life.
Sailing in New Zealand - An Introduction to Sailing in New Zealand with an index to our own sailing in the Hauraki Gulf, The Bay of Islands and the Coastal Passage between them and on up to Whangaroa Harbour.
