[ausastronomer (John Bambury)]

As many of you would know I have been married to a New Zealander for a very long time and have made > 30 trips to New Zealand. Nevertheless I never get tired of going to the Shaky Isles for a vacation.

Sue and I have just returned from another 3 week trip to NZ. We did 12 nights on Celebrity Solstice embarked the Ship in Auckland and then spent 10 days in the North Island visiting her parents, 2 of her brothers and we also revisited some of our favourite tourist attractions in the North Island like Wai-O-Tapu. Rotorua Chair Lift and Luge run, Blue & Green Lakes and Huka Falls.

Below are some images from Queen Charlotte Sound as the ship left Picton. A truly beautiful stretch of water. We had Dolphins surfing the bow wave of the ship most of the way back out of the Sound, but I wasn't fast enough to snap an image of one.

Cheers
John B