Looks like I lost my laptop.. It might be a bit till more pics are posted.

Life is really good. I'm in the most beautiful area of NZ (the South of the Southern Island) and I'll be heading over to Australia in a few days. It's a very welcome change as I've gotten a good feel for NZ and if I was to be here longer I might just want to stay. Everywhere in the world seems to have their challenges, but this place seems to be especially full of opportunity. If I can put together some startup cash, I have very many ideas for businesses all over the northern and some of the southern island. It's a bit of an investors paradise here, with well educated temp labor coming from all over the world, growing infrastructure, and tremendously helpful locals. Interested? Let's talk. I would like to hear from you as It's been pretty quiet in my inbox recently.. Send me some smiles and new ideas. Cheers!

Onward to the south island... (and loving it so much more!)

As seen in LOTR

Now which tour bus to take?

This could be one of my dads buddies in several years

And this is where they would hand out...

He might carve something like this out of wood

and ride one of these into town

With this view from his "man cave" (Huge Trout I hear)

And I'd visit in one of these

I couldn't resist... I love to fly!

Made it to Wellington. Southern tip of the North Island

Free movie in the park with friends

The machines are coming!

Gandolf in the middle of middle earth

'Free diving' anyone?

Splash!

Shreak!

Woo Hoo!

Ode' to my Buddy Andre.. You'd love it here man!

Rowing team 'hard' at work

Trippy public art everywhere

Popular after work hangout

One of the capital buildings

Parliament.. Still looking for George Clinton. 

The Botanical gardens were awesome

They'd seen in already... made sure I saw the best of it.

On top of the World... Well, Wellington.

Fun Tram Ride

St Marys. Memories

The ferry trip south.. Very scenic.

One last look at Wellington.. I could live there.

Just a bit windy... Honestly, almost knocked me down several times. WOW

The A-Team must be on the ferry.

Made it to the South Island. Enjoying lunch in Picton.

California redwood trees planted in an area w/no fog. Humm...

My journey through the middle of the North Island... I'll organize these later. Enjoy.

The water was SO HOT!

Interesting church

There were a ton of these coming into town.. nice art.

Kiwi farms

Ignorance in the middle of nowhere

SO AWESOME

Look ma! No hands 10 meters up!

Showing off.. and they deserved it

The valley guardian

Looks to have fallen off the cliff

My brakes were smoking after this hill

Llama nation!

My road south.. should have picked the easier route. Whew!

Sitting on the dock of the bay

My kind of pet shop

Cool park

Typical neighborhood

1st mural

Tight urban art

Bay view was excellent

Barely got this camp spot.. Spent most of my time in town exploring

Finally found the rails... nice

Town of murals? More like the beginning on urban tags..

Still more sheep than people

Honda plants 10 trees for every new car sold.. nice?

Guess I'm officially a colonist

So many people don't use locks

Awesome

This guy HAS talent

She got over a dozen going at once

What were they thinking?

See the steam? So Cool!

A Night under the Big Top!

Almost there