Tuesday, December 17, 2013

New Zealand, you sexy beast


New Zealand....

So After my work contract finished I had no work..... and after about 2 weeks of bumming around I had to do something as with out any fun plans the boredom was driving me mad, so booked my flights home to help out on the farm.

Lake Wanaka the night I flew in, beautiful but bloody freezing.
The old stone ruin on the farm
The cows walking back to the paddock.
The milking shed with Stewart Island in the distance
The ute while I was fencing on the hill.
Pete coming up the track to put a few posts in.
Just down fishing at the river at about 9pm
Fresh snowfall the second night in Southland
Feeding the calves, excellent shed for rearing- makes life easy
Snow on the hills
Milking the cows, Chris thinking he's the boss
Cows in the yard
Purple Sunset
R22 cleaning up the farm
Long drive north
Stoping for a rest at lake Ruataniwha


Lake Tekapo
Alex and Diana's place Canterbury 
D's pad a veggie garden
High winds a few weeks before I arrived destroyed many of the irrigation in Canterbury.
Haylands Sheep and Lambs only 2months old
Pecker and barry

Haylands, a magic spot.

The Cows wanting to see whats for dinner.....
D and Alex and the kids
Oamaru, historical area.
Shackleton replica lifeboat, the one they sailed all the way north from Antarctica to South Georgia to raise help. http://www.timjarvis.org/shackletonepic/
Moeraki boulders

Dessert 
Dunedin Surf
Sunset Dunedin
My pet ducks 
Pete with is Trout, over the moon, but broke his rod.....
Sunset on the runoff.
Flying over Fiord land, amazing I have never seen this from above as it is always cloudy, I was probably just south of Milford Sound.

A fantastic trip, got some work done and had a blast.

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