Travel Photos
Hokianga Harbour Heads, New Zealand
The Hokianga is on of New Zealand’s largest harbours, which is not to say that there are any large towns on it. I snapped this picture on the outskirts of Opononi – which I won’t be surprised if you have to look up! This picture shows the two taniwha (sea monsters) who guard the entrance…
Read MoreMatai River at Nelson, New Zealand
Taken on a beautiful sunny Easter Sunday in Nelson. The Matai River runs through the town of Nelson and there is an attractive and easy walking/cycling track that runs along most of its length. There are some pretty nice houses to have a look at along the route as well and we passed by the appropriately named…
Read MoreParisian Restaurant, near the Gare du Nord
Arriving in Paris in a snow storm, without reservations we walked out of the Gare du Nord where the Eurostar and dropped us, turned left and found a 1-star hotel for €40/night. However there wasn’t much for breakfast. We ended up in this little cafe opposite the train station, whose name I forgot to write down.…
Read MoreCunard’s Queen Elizabeth Leaving Wellington Harbour
Wellington, New Zealand was founded for its fine port, and to this day is a busy one. Its not often that you see quite such a large cruise ship as the new Queen Elizabeth though! In fact the previous week we’d seen her sister ship the Queen Mary come through I took this shot from…
Read MoreChristmas Market, Berlin, Germany
I never got to Germany before the wall fell while I was in Europe in 1989. In 2010 I finally made it all the way to Berlin – for somewhere that seems so far and so difficult to get to for much of my life – its only a 6 hour €50 train ride from the…
Read MoreKoh Lipe Beach – Working on the beach NOT
I’ve used a version of this photo for a while as my “gravatar” around the Internets. It was taken outside our 800B resort on Koh Lipe in southern Thailand. Its a bit of a joke. You’ve heard of the dream – working anywhere, living anywhere? Well Koh Lipe is not the place to indulge it.…
Read MoreLangkawi Cable Car, Malaysia
Its pretty unusual seeing women wearing head scarfs getting into a cable car. Its even more unusual to be doing it your self it shorts and sweating! The locals had their cardigans and jackets though – because at the top of the Langkawi cable car – its actually surprisingly cool – over 700m above sealevel…
Read MorePhoto of the Day: Melbourne Skyline From the Tasmanian Ferry
I took this photos as the ferry to Tasmania pulled out of Melbourne. Its unusual – not only was the morning completely calm, but most of the ferry’s sailings are overnight. I really liked how the just rising sun managed to highlight the older buildings along St Kilda Road on the waterfront, while the more…
Read MorePhoto of the Day: Bell Gorge Western Australia
The smile says it all! I was sooo looking forward to this swim. Bell Gorge is a camping site on station on the Gibb River Road, Western Australia. We’d driven all day on dusty, rutted roads, knowing that somewhere near the camp site was a crocodile free swimming hole! We arrived about an hour before…
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