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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Our brief trip to NZ

It has been a couple of days since we got back from our brief trip to New Zealand. It seemed that all the months of planning and organising for our wedding came and went in a blink of an eye. We had a few days in Wellington to finalise a few things before our big day. At the end of it, Stephen and I were too exhausted to even order hot chocolate from room service.

We stopped at Queenstown for a few days before heading back to Sydney - for our supposed honeymoon. It was off-peak season but this town does not sleep - noodle bars are opened till midnight and you see people about almost 24/7.

Arrowtown was 20 minutes drive away from Queenstown. We popped over for lunch at a French Cafe (there seems to be a lot of French residing in Queenstown-Arrowtown) and visited the historical site where the first Chinese settlements were during the gold rush in 1865.

We drove up to Wanaka via Crown Range-Cardrona Valley Road, with the Crown Range Road being the highest main road in New Zealand with an altitude of 1121 metres. It was drizzling while we took the drive and I was disappointed not to spot the odd kea along the way. (or it could be a blessing considering how notoriously curious they can be). But the mountain views were exceptionally spectaculor.

While we were there, the weather switched between sunny to overcast and very cloudy. When it was not overcast, the sky was so blue that I had to check my camera and monitor calibration a few times to make sure that the camera recorded the right tones. I got into photographing skyscapes pretty quickly - who could have resisted those beautiful blue skies and marshmallow clouds.

I must say New Zealand sports some seriously spectacular scenes. People are generous and friendly. And the wildlife is exceptionally friendly — try being by yourself for awhile without having the odd duck coming up to greet and inspect you. People do travel with their pets, dogs especially, although I got the feeling that dogs aren’t that welcome in most touristy places in the South Island.

Hope you enjoy these images — do leave us a comment if you see something you like as it's important for me to know.

Note:
Sadly, Wiggley did not pull through - 4 days into our trip his condition deteriorated and our carer had to admit him to the vet hospital. Despite all the vet could do for him, Wiggley could not hang on long enough for our return. Life can be cruel sometimes. I’ll reserve to post about Wiggley for another time.

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a few instant films
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wellington
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queenstown
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twoguineapigs pet photography queenstown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography queenstown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography queenstown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography queenstown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography queenstown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography queenstown new zealand travel landscape
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twoguineapigs pet photography queenstown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography queenstown new zealand travel landscape

arrowtown
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twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography arrowtown new zealand travel landscape

crown range road drive to wanaka
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twoguineapigs pet photography wanaka new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography wanaka new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography wanaka new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography wanaka new zealand travel landscape
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Pet horses, originally uploaded by twoguineapigs pet photography.
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Curious, originally uploaded by twoguineapigs pet photography.
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Nostrel, originally uploaded by twoguineapigs pet photography.
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Pretty eye, originally uploaded by twoguineapigs pet photography.

wanaka
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twoguineapigs pet photography wanaka new zealand travel landscape
twoguineapigs pet photography wildlife duck portrait
Duck, originally uploaded by twoguineapigs pet photography.
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Duck2, originally uploaded by twoguineapigs pet photography.
twoguineapigs pet photography wildlife sparrow portrait
Sparrow, originally uploaded by twoguineapigs pet photography.

skyscapes
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twoguineapigs pet photography skyscape onboard
twoguineapigs pet photography skyscape onboard
twoguineapigs pet photography skyscape onboard
twoguineapigs pet photography skyscape onboard
twoguineapigs pet photography skyscape onboard
twoguineapigs pet photography skyscape onboard
twoguineapigs pet photography skyscape onboard

7 comments:

  1. Beautiful pics AWESOME photography ;-) & yes those BLUE skies! i could just taste & inhale the oxygen from looking at the photos :-) mmmmmmm yummy.

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  2. Congrads on the pics Juliana

    These are very good photos, from the petals on the bed (reminds me of hearts for some reason) to the senic shots from above each one tells a story. I especially like the seagull photo, so full of life and action. The horses are cute though one of them looks a bit nosey. Also for some reason I think the one with the two guys and the poodle stands out in its own unique way.

    Hope you enjoyed your stay in NZ. Looking forwards to wedding photos.

    les

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  3. I love the ducks and the clouds.....
    Welcome home!!

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  4. Wow! New Zealand!
    Landscapes, horses, duck, sparrow, cat, sky and clouds, sheeps.......and a lot of good and interesting pictures =) I really like it! And congratulations with the wedding!
    And Wiggley......I don't have any words.....that's so sad... :(

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  5. It's been difficult for me to identify which photos from your trip are my favourites and why because I enjoyed looking through all of them as a group and they're all so well taken...
    but :) I really did love your shots of arrowtown, the wonderful scenery and little hideaways, I love ducks so your photos of them appealed to me, and your clouds and skyscapes are fantastic!

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  6. PS. Have nominated your gorgeous blog for a Stylish Blogger Award here http://prettyfluffy.com/2011/03/stylish-blogger-award/
    xo

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  7. Thank you all for your comments!
    And thanks for the nomination, Serena - I'm honoured :)

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