Christmas Break, Rotorua, New Zealand - December 2008

Whizzed off to Rotorua and Bay of Plenty up north after Boxing Day and before New Year.

Wellington Christmas, New Zealand - December 2008

We spend Christmas day wandering around the waterfront and walked to the beach at Oriental Bay. Not your normal English Christmas indoors.

Linda Arrives in Wellington, New Zealand - November 2008

Linda arrives business class from the UK and starts where she means to go on with a glass of wine.

Toast Martinborough Wine Festival, New Zealand - November 2008

Martinborough is one of the wine making centres in New Zealand and every year it has a wine festival. Upon arrival you get a glass that hangs around your neck and off you go from vineyard to vineyard. In hindsight it is very difficult to drink wine for a whole day but I did make it through.

Wellington Sights, New Zealand - November 2008

When you first arrive in Wellington there are some compulsory things that must be done. These include going up to Mt Victoria (by foot or car) to the look out which is a fantastic start, the cable car that runs up to the top of the botanic gardens which you can walk back through to Parliament and then back along Lambton Quay. Some snapshots of these below.

Steve out and about around Wellington, New Zealand - October 2008

Spent a weekend driving around the countryside looking for places to visit when Linda arrives.