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| Karl Banks | profile | all galleries >> MARK & MARY ELLEN | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 FIJI Rosie, our Fijan guide |
 FIJI Fijan kids in pre-school. Mary Ellen has requested books sent to the school for the kids |
 Rotorua, NZ: geyser from hotel window |
 Geyseratsunset.JPG |
 Rotorua, NZ: geyser from window2 |
 mudbubbles from cauldron just below our room. |
 ROTORUA: Mary Ellen and our guide in the belly of the crater, surrounded by cinders |
 AKAROA, NZ (AK) |
 AKAROA: Sculpture of artist painting Mary Ellen |
 Some typical New Zealand Sheep (ya gotta have sheep photos from a trip to NZ!) |
 AKAROA: and the animals shall graze in peace together, the donkey and the goat |
 AKAROA; We took a tour with the local mail deliverer, visiting this quiet beach on Le Bons Bay |
 AKAROA The "last stop" on the mail carrier's route |
 AKAROA more sheep on a cliff overlooking the bay |
 AKAROA: lighthouse at sunset |
 AKAROA Mary Ellen's installation art at sunset |
 AKAROA: Sunset on the bay |
 ROTORUA, NZ: Mother and chick at Governor's Gardens |
 Footbridge over Buller River Gorge |
 TRANZ-ALPINE TRAIN, NZ |
 alpine river |
 markontrain |
 TRANZAPLINE train---what happens when you go through a lot of tunnels |
 GREYMOUTH: River below 200 foot waterfall. It was too misty to use the camera to shoot the falls |
 GREYMOUTH: Sweethearts on beach. The sound of the surf as it receded made an eerie sound of the stones clacking |
 GREYMOUTH: The Jivana retreat was a most unusual B&B, where we stayed 3 nights |
 Jivana insect refuge made from a building cupola |
 CHRISTCHURCH Jane Davenport art show..notice that they are all photos of ladybugs |
 CHRISTCHURCH: Mark went all out for his card for Mary Ellen on Valentine's Day |
 DAYS BAY dreamhouse for people who like stairways |
 DAYS BAY: Dream mailbox in front of dream house |
 DAYS BAY mailbox detail |
 WELLINGTON gardencolors in Wellington Botanic Gardens |
 On the road from Greymouth to Hokitika, the cars share the one-lane bridge with the train. I wonder who has the right of way |
 HOKITIKA Beach sign made of driftwood |
 HOKITIKA: Driftwood beach sculpture |
 HOKITIKA a mighty load |
 HOKwheelbarrow2.JPG |
 NAPIER Mary Ellen amongst the tree |
 WELLINGTON: A silence dome sculpture. Inside it, all the sounds disappear |
 NAPIER (sign says it all) |
 POSSUMDOLLS. And you thought they were just for eating |
 possum poison . Possums are a pest in New Zealand. In Australia, they're protected. |
 NAPIER,NZ A city that was hit by a tsunami in the 1930s, and most of the rebuilt buildings were done in art deco style |
 NELSON: There are outdoor cafe's everywhere. We didn't eat at this one. |
 pancakerocks |
 We didn't hit any |
 Century plant pods |
 Vertebraebowl--for Mary Ellen's Orthopedist |
 WELLINGTON We happened upon a round the world boat race. This was the US boat. |
 Just before starting gun for the lap to Rio |
 WESTPORTseaspray.JPG |
 AUKLAND: Museum of DaVinci works: for Cynthia: drawing of foetus |
 Davinci bridge (for Karl). No nails or screws. For carrying troops across rivers |
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| ReneeR | 13-Oct-2006 00:54 | |