part one of a made for blog series...the quest for kiwi

it's going to be ages to get all the photos i want online, so you can look for regular updates for a while...of pics, so you really don't have to read much.

gone walk about...long walk, for an aboriginal its a period of spiritual enlightenment spent alone, a walking trip or tour, gone missing

for the school holidays (apparently an official 'study break'...you'd never know this by the students' stress levels upon returning to class) i finally went on a proper walk about in new zealand's south island bush. the photos are in no particular arrangement (this blog is not orgainisation friendly) but wnat to make a time line...in time

it was so much fun, and the nature more beautiful that description and the photos do no justice...you can't imagine the vastness of space and colour at all,
but here are a few attempts to share...















thank you sheep for your wool that keeps us warm!!!
this is our car, i stepped out to have a look and as you can see, i cannot return jsut at the moment, i never saw so many stressed out sheep in my life...and the dogs keeping them in order! it was really neat, i really thought we were going to get another passenger in the car with us.















finally i got to see real live seals, a plus on our never ending quest for the kiwi...long story, but here these guys were hanging out near kaikoura waiting for the women to return in a few months so they can...you know. but in the mean time, seems they are just hanging out swimming and resting up...they are sooo cute, i love them, however, the odour is X-treme!!!
















so here's the crew, simone, amanda, fausto, standing in front of the franz josep glacier. very interesting, we managed to get much closer, but can't find that pic...it was a little scarey at times. it's really reminds me of that christmas special with heat miser and bergermeifter meifterberger...
you know.
















this beach was really pretty and relentless, i walked down to the water and found the terrain almost like quick sand...but it wasn't sand at all. a wave got me and i was wet and finding stones in my clothes for the rest of the day.