Category Archives: Queenstown

Wish we were back there again

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Barbara

In January last year we went to Australia & New Zealand to visit friends and family in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Queenstown. As the weather gets colder her it is easy to miss the heat of Perth, the warmth of … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Families, New Zealand, Queenstown, Travel | Tagged Gone but not forgotten, Grandchildren, Lake Wakatipu, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 6 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Descent

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Barbara

On our first day in Queenstown, New Zealand, we climbed 500m of Ben Lomond the Mountain which rises behind Queenstown, with the intention of taking the Gondola down again! The view from the top is of Queesntown, Lake Wakitipu, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling, New Zealand, Photography, Queenstown | Tagged Ben Lomond, Descent, Extreme, Gondola, Lake Wakatipu, Mountain Bikes, Mountain Biking, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 6 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Split-Second Story

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Barbara

A picture of us (Second row from left; Peter, Me, Louise & Damien) on the Shotover Jet… Louise & Damien surprised us with a breakfast hair-raising ride through the canyons of Queenstown’s Shotover river at speeds of up to 80kph … Continue reading →

Posted in New Zealand, Queenstown, Water | Tagged DP Photo Challenge, Jet Boat, Rapids, Shotover, Shotover Jet, Shotover river, Split-Second Story, The Daily Post, Weekly Photo Challenge | 15 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; On the move

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Barbara

I’ve been a bit slow off the mark this week, simply because I am spoilt for choice for photographs to enter for this challenge! Here are a small few of the hundreds of pictures I took in Australia & New … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Melbourbe, New Zealand, Perth, Photography, Queenstown, Stewart Island, Sydney, Travel | Tagged On the Move, Street Life, Street Photography, Transport, Weekly Photo Challenge | 2 Comments

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Flowers

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Barbara

This is my entry for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week, a lovely wild flower I found in New Zealand Can anyone help me name it?

Posted in Flowers, New Zealand, Photography, Queenstown | Tagged Alpine, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Pink, Purple | 5 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; Letters

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Barbara

I found this road sign in Queenstown New Zealand A bit of a dead end I guess This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Letters

Posted in New Zealand, Photography, Queenstown | Tagged Dead End, Letters, No Exit, Weekly Photo Challenge | 16 Comments

Last morning in Queenstown

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Barbara

Today we are leaving Queenstown & heading towards Christchurch via Mount Cook (New Zealand’s tallest mountain!) It’s hard to leave this amazing view that we have woken up to every day since we have been here…. Every day it looks … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Queenstown, Travel, Water | Tagged Kelvin Heights, Lake Wakatipu | 6 Comments

Flood waters higher than 2003! (But not in Queenstown)

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Barbara

Here I am in New Zealand, in Queenstown 400m above sea level enjoying the lovely February (equivalent August) weather. At home there are flood warnings very near our house, but it’s hard to imagine now that we have been here … Continue reading →