NZ - Photo Thread

CatFromHue

I was thinking of a thread where people could put up a couple (not more than 3) pics of places they went to in NZ that might have been off the beaten track a little bit. None of the Auckland Sky Tower, Bungy Jumping or Sky Diving anywhere, or the Tongario crossing for example as people would know about these already.

I hope it's ok with the Mods.


At the top of Mt. Bealey in Arthurs Pass (about 2000m up I think and took a few hours to get to the top).


Snowboarding in Lake Ohau on the South Island. It is a club field, I think, and there was only maybe 30/40 people on it at the most on the day we went there.


View back to Whangarei from the Bream Head track, a very enjoyable (hard in places though) days tramp.

Cookie_Monster

/wanders off to find the 1500 photos taken to date in and around New Plymouth

Indulge me if you will:

Dawn in New Plymouth along the shore


Mt Taranaki


Moody Lake Taupo


And suddenly the road just ended

CatFromHue

So much for the three pic rule anyway :pac:

Nice pic of Mt. Taranaki, have you climbed it?

Cookie_Monster

CatFromHue wrote: »

Nice pic of Mt. Taranaki, have you climbed it?

Only once so far. Going up is actually easy enough. Coming down is horrendous.

So much for the three pic rule anyway

edited, 4 and 5

Cookie_Monster

One of my favourites, the railway at Bell Block


Pukieti Rainforest


Big Wave Cafe on the foreshore in New Plymouth


A naughty sign in Bell Block


Lake Mangamahoe


Most are actually at home or on my FB page rather than photobucket, there's some good ones though. Must fire them up.

pclancy

Its crazy the way some country roads suddenly turn into gravel tracks without any warning. I recently nearly lost control of my car when I came round a bend at 100Km and the road suddenly went gravel. Some very careful braking and gentle steering kept me alive. Its like the councils just run out of money and dont bother finishing roads properly.

The same with one lane bridges, when they build a bridge across a river in the countryside, do they really save that much money by making it only wide enough for one car at a time? Make it ****ing too.

CiaranC

The roads are shockin alright. Pain in the hole if you are trying to get somewhere.

Lake Rotoiti


Mirror Lake


Pancake Rocks


Purakaunui Falls

Cookie_Monster

where are those Pancake Rocks?

CiaranC

Punakaiki, west coast of the South Island, halfway between Greymouth and Westport

CatFromHue

Great pic of Lake Rotoiti!

Is it from the shore or a boat?

CiaranC

My missus took it from one of the little wooden jetties. Beautiful spot.

Lucifer-0

These photos are interfering with my plans to work/travel in Oz for a year!

tom_ass19

Windy road up to Porter Heights


On the way to Porter Heights


Sorry for the bad quality. Was my first trip outside of chch and didn't bring my camera just my phone ^^

BeeBumble

Sunset while kayaking on Lake Mapourika, Franz Josef



On top of the Franz Josef Glacier



Lake Matheson with Mt Cook and Mt Tasman in the background

BeeBumble

Lake Pukaki



Lake Tekapo

Promac

Auckland from the top of Mount Eden:


Go west from Auckland and you'll get to Piha:


Sunsets at Piha are just awesome:


Black swans on lake Rotoiti


Bit further up the west coast from Piha is Muriwai:

CatFromHue

Did you take them yourselves Promac? They look great!

Promac

Aye I normally hang out in the Photography board. Moved to NZ last June and having a total ball with the photography ever since. Amazing place!

CatFromHue

So Lake Rotoiti has appeared twice so far!

spunkymunky

Promac, those shots are just beautiful. Been to both Piha and Murawi....just not hit the sunsets yet. I have a DSLR sitting there doing nothing....Just a lazy fooker at the moment....you making me feel worse. No excuses not to be taking picture in NZ!!

kiwipower

Dam, how did you get that photo of Murawi!!!!
And where did you take it from? The beach or on the water?
It looks fantastic!
They are brilliant Promac

kiwipower

CatFromHue wrote: »

So much for the three pic rule anyway :pac:

Nice pic of Mt. Taranaki, have you climbed it?

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Only once so far. Going up is actually easy enough. Coming down is horrendous.


edited, 4 and 5

Most deadly mountain in NZ!
Fair play to you climbing it CM!

Great mountain, Until the weather decides to change in a micro-second.
Nice to see New Plymouth in the sun for a change to!

Cookie_Monster

kiwipower wrote: »

Most deadly mountain in NZ!
Fair play to you climbing it CM!

only because it's so easily accessible and so high. lot of novices think they can do it easily and then get in trouble, combined with the changeable weather. It's not actually physically difficult at all, just a long slog

spunkymunky

Somewhere near Dunedin. Cant remember where exactly


On the boat back from Waiheike in May


Queenstown Hill

Cookie_Monster

CatFromHue

There's a pretty good photo thread on the Planet Rugby Forum on Christchurch if anyone is interested.

http://forum.planet-rugby.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=32005

Kilkenny14

Here's a photo I took of Lake Te Anau and its Fjords from the Top of Mount Luxmore on the Kepler walk last January.

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justshane

Not the best quality but I thought I'd upload this, Lyttelton from above.

tbayers

Just came across this thread while looking for something else. Have been in NZ for 7 months now and travel is eventually coming to an end. Cant wait to get back here with better equipment, landscape photographers dream.



Road south of Hotikita, South Island


Whiritoa, Coromandel Peninsula. As a surfer I love this image, its a great wave, but the dramatic sky also makes it.


Windswept Tress, Slope Point. This is the most southern point in NZ, obviously it gets windy down here!

Cookie_Monster

That second image is brilliant!

not a great photo but I love what it shows, the quieter roads around here tend to turn green after a couple of years due to whatever lichen grows on them. Doesn't affect the grip etc in my experience, even on the bike.

greeneyedspirit

if there's one country that's a photographer's dream, it's NZ was over there for three (way too short) weeks last year, here are some shots from the North Island anyway:

Orakei Korako (near-ish Lake Taupo, very cool volcanic site)


Mangawhai heads beach (about 1 hr north of Auckland I think?)


Cathedral cove (Coromandel Peninsula)


so jealous of anyone living over there absolutely loved the place.

Promac

kiwipower wrote: »

Dam, how did you get that photo of Murawi!!!!
And where did you take it from? The beach or on the water?
It looks fantastic!
They are brilliant Promac

Totally forgot about this thread!

It was a long exposure on a tripod at sunset - standing on the rocks that you can't see in the foreground.

butters.scotch

Milford Sound

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Mt Doom

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I think this was on the train from Christchurch to Greymouth

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Somewhere on the South Island

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Frans Josef

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Hobbiton

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Waiheke Island

tom_ass19

Headed up to Mt Lyford this weekend. Stunning scenery! Forgot the camera when I went up the hill for a walk though.

DoozerT6

God Dammit I miss NZ

CatFromHue

Thought I might bump this a little


On the way out to the Routeburn Track from Queenstown


The Routeburn Valley

Cookie_Monster

Mt Taranaki and the minor ranges from Dover Rd

Cookie_Monster

Maybe not fully appropriate to this thread but here's the little bit of NZ I own


And here is what it looks like as of this week

rondemole

congrats cookie monster, hope to follow your trail someday!

carnie

Just watching the frighteners and it got me a little wellysick






Here's a pic of I took of Hokitika Gorge