Hold the front page!

Alot of people have been commenting on how wonderful some of our pictures are (affadavits available upon request, send £500)! Well, I felt it was time to reveal an industry secret - the photos are enhanced beyond recognition, yes, it's true - look at the fashion magazines! It's not just us who are responsible for making things look better than they really are.

For example, I took this picture of Lake Matheson, a lake that was formed by an iceberg when the Fox glacier retreated 14,000 years ago - the image of Mount Cook and Tasman should be mirrored on the water's surface. So the weather (as usual) was a bit unpredictable and well, I didn't travel over 12,000 miles to be rewarded with this image so after a bit of re-working - voila, the perfect picture- AMAZING?

He's not the only jumper...

As Mike S has just pointed out to me, he's usually the subject in funny photos... partly down to the fact that I usually have the camera.. and partly down to the fact that, well, he just like it that way...

But last night we camped at a more remote site, managed by the Dept of Conservation. Nothing much there, just cold water and a loo, but we were on the edge of Lake Wanaka and the views were amazing... this was my attempt at a jump for joy ;-)

Amazing Arthur...

A couple of days ago we drove over Arthur's Pass, from the East coast to the West coast. After a very dull and wet previous day, the sun came out, the clouds cleared and we were blessed with sights like this throughout the roadtrip... amazing stuff... watch out for an album coming soon.










We stopped en-route at the Kura Tawhiti Scenic Reserve, rolling grassland scattered with limestone outcrops, ranging from the size of a sheep to a small mountain. Another example of when rocks can actually be pretty impressive and as you can see, it was the perfect setting for a famous 'mid air jump' photo.

Slideshow - Kaikoura

Slideshow - Marlborough

Slideshow - Wellington

Slideshow - Napier & Hawkes Bay

Slideshow - Rotorua & Taupo

Slideshow - Coromandel Peninsula