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after our visit in christchurch
and a month full of work on a new zealand farm
we're on the road again.
did a trip around the south island and saw some really amazing places.

as first we've gone to mount cook. it is the highest peak in new zealand


this is the view right next to our campingground



and after a little walk you can reach this nice spot. this place is formed from a glacier just a few hundret years ago



the melting glaciers left big lakes in the area east of the southern alps. here i'm standing over the biggest one "lake pukaki"



on our way down to queenstown we passed this wounderfull valley



west of queenstown in glenorchy we did skidiving


and as you can see we've had best condition for the jump



we were very excited because it was our first jump  out of a plane



and thought, that the view from the ground is amazing aswell



but behind this point there was no return



for going futher we've been rewarded with such a great view. unbelievabel


to jump out of a plane is the strangest feeling i've ever had. you want to do it but you don't either. but i really enjoyed it


the landscape here in new zealand is totally different to the other places we've visited


thats the way you look after landing



this nice old train gave us a wake up the next morning after camping near a little river



the next place on our trip was te anau, with the "keppler track". we haven't done the whole track, but we got a great impression of the landscape






can you see frodo?



our next stop was the most south point of the southern island of new zealand. and aswell the most southern point of our journey at all.



there we have seen the beach again



the building in new zealands countryside are ,ostly build with timber and just the chimney with stone. so if a house burns down the chimney won't burn down andyou get pictures like this after a few years



from the south we're heading to the westcoast on the "haast pass" along this beautiful river



the fox glacier, a famous spot for tourists



we haven't seen the kiwi but they have these signs everywere



we even saw a sign for moa's. moa's were 3 meter high. and there is no moa living anymore since around 200 years.



and the last picture a nice spot near arthurs pass

hope you enjoyed these pictures.
i enjoyed taking them
thx for reading