Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Wrap Up and Reflection
Author: Ann Silverthorn
Day 17 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Church in Christchurch
Post-earthquake art in downtown Christchurch) Photo credit: Jim DeDad)
Tagged with: Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve, Aurora australis, Berry Barn Bakery and Cafe, Big 5 New Zealand, Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch, Church of the Good Shepherd, Distinction Hotel, Geraldine New Zealand, glacial silt in New Zealand, hotel recycling, Lake Tekapo, lost luggage in New Zealand, Maori, nestor parrot, Pavlova, The University of Canterbury Mt. John observatory, WEKA, Willowbank Wildlife Reserve
Day 15 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Off to Mount Cook!
Zooming in on Mount Cook (Photo credit: JIm DeDad)
Tagged with: Ah Lum, Ah Lum's general store, AJ Hackett bungee, Arrowtown Chinese Settlement, Arrowtown New Zealand, Bungee jumping in New Zealand, Chinese in New Zealand, Jones's Fruit Stall, Lake Pūkaki, Milky Way in New Zealand, Mount Cook, Mount Cook National Park, Mount Everest compared to Mount Cook, Peters Lookout, Tapataia Mahaka, The Hermitage, The Wrinkly Rams
Day 14 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – A Hike and a Steamboat Ride
On a street corner near Queenstown
Tagged with: "Pure Milford", Bowen Falls, Fur Seals, Milford Sound/Piopiotahi, Mirror Lakes, Queenstown, Southern Alps, Tasman Sea
Day 12 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Queenstown
Pavlova, named for dancer, Anna Pavlova
Both Australia and New Zealand claim Pavlova’s origin, but it seems that New Zealand might be the winner.
Day 11 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Art and War
Handmade knitted poppies in the gift shop. “Globally, over one million knitted poppies have been kindly donated to the 5,000 poppies project. Each of them with their own story, and all hand made with love.”
Handmade knitted poppies in the gift shop. “Globally, over one million knitted poppies have been kindly donated to the 5,000 poppies project. Each of them with their own story, and all hand made with love.”
Tagged with: AC/DC and Melbourne, Block Arcade, City Circle Tram, Crown Metropol, Crown Promenade, Crown Towers, fairy penguins, Flinders Street Station, Formula 1, Gaunt's Clock, Gog and Magog, Marion Mahoney Griffin, Melbourne's oldest escalator, murals, murals in Melbourne, Nadim Karam, Ned Kelly, Ponyfish Island, Queens Bridge, Royal Arcade, Royal Botani Gardens, Sandridge Bridge, Shrine of Remembrance, The Travellers, Tram 35, Walter Burley Griffin
Day 9 – Australia/New Zealand Adventure – Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Fun Facts
(Saturday, March 15, 2025) by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad Our long bus ride departed at 7:30 a.m. for the Stuart Highway, then the Lasseter Highway going west toward Uluru, the Aboriginal word for the huge monolith most of us …
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Tagged with: AAA, Aboriginal dot paintings, Ayers Rock, cave paintings at Uluru, Charles and Diana at Ayers Rock, Collette Tours, Coopers Brewery, Curtin Springs Station, emus in Australia, Erldunda Roadhouse, Finke River, Flying Doctors, Kata Tjuta, Lasseter Highway, Mount Atila, Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline, pay phones in Australia, Pine Gap, road trains, Seattle Rain Hat by OR, Severance, Stuart Highway, Stuarts Well Roadhouse, sunset at ayers rock, Uluru, William and Kate at Ayers Rock