just a few pics from the trip
Scott and I having dinner at the top of the Sky Tower in Auckland
Me at the bottom of the Sky Tower, which is lit up with brilliant purple lighting at night
Lord of the Rings - The Shire (near Auckland) where the Hobbits live
The view from our room balcony in Queenstown
At the shores of the lake in Queenstown, which is basically a ski-town in the winter and a watersports/camping/hiking town in Summer
Scott at about 1200 feet up a mountainside overlooking Queenstown right before we bungy jumped from the same location
Me in a great English pub called "The Pig & Whistle" in Queenstown
Me and our alarmingly puny helicopter during our Lord of the Rings tour in Queenstown. This is when we landed at the site where the fellowship runs from the Mines of Moria across a field into the elvish forest of Lorien
One of many scenic shots taken from the helicopter. No specific LOTR scene here, but those are the "Misty Mountains" in the background
This patch of trees is part of "Fangorn Forest" where Treebeard and the other Ents reside
The Misty Mountains - taken up close and personal in the helicopter at 7500 feet up
The Ford of Bruinen - Scott is standing just to the left of where Liv Tyler stood when she called the river to swallow up the Ringwraiths who entered from the clearing directly behind Scott's head - this abandoned gold mining town area was my favorite part of the helicopter tour
That's it for now. Should post some more Queenstown pics and then Sydney and Great Barrier Reef island pics soon.