Earlier this year, I had the chance to visit Australia for the second time in nine years - this time, hanging around the cities and hanging out with family and friends. New Zealand was totally new to me, where we started off with diving at the Poor Knights. We then drove through the Waipoua Forest, home of the massive kauri trees, whose tree trunks could hold multiple buses!! We had a glimpse of Auckland from the highway and spent the remainder of our time in the geothermal heartland around Rotorua, Lake Taupo and Tongariro National Park.

I want to dedicate this calendar to my father, who inspired me to travel and showed me the joys of gardening.