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Off we go! Coming into land at KL
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Our lovely suite in KL!
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View from the window over KLCC
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Aj and Kris on holiday... in KL!!
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Petronas twin towers and KLCC
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Mala and the boys enjoying the sweltering heat!
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My twin towers!
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A quick dip to escape the heat
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Aj hanging loose
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A warm welcome in New Zealand!!
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Great Endeavours....The Griffith's hut in Hamilton...we stayed in the upstairs bit!
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Breakfast at Mary's
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Mary's rare visit to the kitchen area
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Mala having to help out again...more bolognaise please!!
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Aj and Kris confined to barracks..enjoying Ellie's hospitality
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Serious pest issue in the boot...the Griffo's space wagon
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Easing gently into our holiday...downtown Hamilton. Feel the vibes!
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Aj & Kris experience the elation of being in Hamo
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What a beautiful office block..and some bird from Bebington
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Peter has this ability to make friends wherever he goes...
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Municipal puddle in Hamilton...you have to remember it was mid summer there!
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The boys mucking around in Hamo
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Group photo in Hamilton town centre...Kris, Aj, Ellie, Anna, Alex, Mala and Mary
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That group of scallys again
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The bowling centre in Hamilton, overlooking the beautiful Waikato River
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Los dos cavaliros!
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The beach at Raglan! Mary kicked the ball all the way to Oz!
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Alex sunning it up
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Gorgeous beach at Raglan
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Steel sands
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Who's that gut lord! Nice beach....
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Excellent surf
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Back from the beach and two tired boys
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Off to Taupo for the weekend...Mary next to the Waikato river
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Ellie and the boys next to the river
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The river, with our lovely Blue Barn in the background.
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Splashing about in Lake Taupo
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Ellie trying on some new glasses
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Kris enjoying the lake
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Here comes the floatplane!
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The Usual Suspects...at the Blue Barn in Taupo
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The stairs are actually still in one piece
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Aj, do you have a licence for that?
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Fueling up for a sightseeing tour
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Ready for take-off
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Airborne over L Taupo
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Beautiful views
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Mala capturing the moment on video (I prefer slides you know...)
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Aj and Kris chatting in the back
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View-tastic
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Geothermal powerstation near Taupo.....
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....awesome.
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Geothermal hot steam! They call this one Craters of the Moon. I don;t remember the floatplane going that high but I was quite excited at the time
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Huka Falls
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Another view of Huka Falls
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Off to the local Jousting competition (how v European!)
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Quick detour on the train to nowhere
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Through the hoops, hup!
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Mad Mike and the Devils
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Me chopper (what?)
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See why he's called Mad Mike!?
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...with crazy Pete driving the boat! What a splash.
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Gud golly, what a mess, totally soaked...
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And over in the slow boat... the ladies take it easy on the water
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Later that night in the Blue Barn, after a barnstorming barbie (NOW we are talking New Zealand)..it's scattegories and Ajay wins by a margin
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Kris hungover at breakfast
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OK, it's that nutter again, this time we caught him and put him in the stocks
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Ellie is firts to miss....just 'cos it's ur dad!!
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Kros has a good go...but it's the guy with the yellow bucket that drenches Mike!
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En masse on the grass
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Oh my lord, a long line of leggy legionaires!
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Take that!
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Mala and Ajay get a lecture on the Hurdy Gurdy. Originating from southern Scandinavia in the seventh century...
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Mala takes a shower in a tributary to the Waikato River just out of Taupo...
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...let's get this straight, the water is boiling hot!!!!
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Downstream the tepid tourists relish the geothermals
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And our crowd get a hot bath too!
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Did we mention Peter did the Taupo bungy?
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Huka Falls, from closer up.
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Huka Falls
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Huka Falls falling, lots of water.
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Huka Jet!! Great fun spinning over the water and getting sprayed!
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Back in Hamilton and P&M explore the Waitangi Day celebrations. One of their natonal holidays, celebrating the treaty of Waitangi.
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Mala at Waitangi day in front of Hamilton lake.
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Hamilton Lake. Right near Alex and Anna's school!
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Cut to Queenstown, on the S Island. Hotel room, home for the next week.
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View over Lake Wakatipu from out hotel room.
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Up the Gondola to get our bearings. Birth of the "applaud loudly in the cable car" tradition!
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Mala and the boys going up
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At the Gondola terminal above Queenstown
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The Elliotts
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View over L Wakatipu
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Great view over Queenstown from the top of the gondola, Remarables in the bacground
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The quickest way down...luge!
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Ajay takes the racing line
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The beach at Queenstown
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The Beach Boys!
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All aboard the parasailing boat!
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See you Mala...hey, who's goona feed the kids?
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Come back ere!
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Right, we're all going up!!
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Winch us up, scottie!
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Nice breeze today, what?!
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Kidnapped by a tribe of wild tourists!! Poor Kiwis. Hiwi Haka atop the gondola. Mala did the dance with the poi's!!
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Driving along Lake Wakatipu toward Glenorchy
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Quick stop for some olympic stone skimming
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Still at it!
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Cool hire car!
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A warm day for a round of mini golf with the boys.
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Paddle time! Queenstown beach.
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Off for a trip up to the Remarkables...the quick way
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Kawarau and Shotover Rivers valley north of Queenstown
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Pilot explaining the landmarks
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Boys somehow escaped from the chopper
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But we got them again. Landed next to the remarkables
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Mala dn the boys with a great view of L Wakatipu
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Frankton and Queenstown
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Taking off again for the return journey
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Driving south to Kingston we stumble upon a beautiful old loco, the Kingston Flyer (as opposed to the Birkenhead Flyover)...
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Kris loves trains as well...
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Southern arm of L Wakatipu at Kingston. All to ourselves, so a quick dip was in order1
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The boys going native
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Bakc in Queenstown, Peter helps out the street entertainer
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Shotover Jet!
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Beatiful Shotover River. Second richest for gold after the Klondike.
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The jet boat returning...
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...and racing past!
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Rafting on the Kawarau River
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Trev lets the boys take us over the waterfall...aaaah
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Go for it lads! 360!
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Back in Queenstown
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Quick trip to Glenorchy
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Glenorchy
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Glenorchy at the western end of L Wakatipu
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Aj and Kris at Queenstown Gardens
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Off for a bike ride
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Fantastic work lads, all the way along the Frankton arm!
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Time for a break and some diary work at Frankton. Made friends with a little dog and had a minor crash on the way back...show 'em your scars Aj!
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Outside the Heritage hotel at Queenstown
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Oustide the hotel again. Great pool and spa!
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View from the luge cable car
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View back over Queenstown
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Aj enjoying the view from the Gondola restaurant
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Ajay looking angelic!!
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Mala and Kris digging into the buffet!
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Wonderful dinner at the gondola restaurant on our last night in Queenstown
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View from the restaurant
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Queenstown
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Mala enjoys an orange...Ajay!!!
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Caught someone bungy jumping...crazy kid!
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Peter after dinner
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Mala in the gondola cafe
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Mala gen
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Ajay reveals the scars of a major cycling pile up!!
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Auntie Mary
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Back in Hamilton and it's straight out for a meal on Valentines night...and a quick flutter at the casino!
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See previous photo etc...
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Day trip to the eats coast. Met up with Mala's relatives at katikati then stopped at Wahi beach, fantastic place! The water was warm.
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Waihi beach
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Well done uncle Mike!
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Rope swing on the beach
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Pete doing the geology bit. There were loads of spiral shells on the beach here.
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Great family car! This is just outside the gold mine north of Waihi.
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Off to Rotorua for the day. Mala goes for the "never ending ice cream"!
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Double portions!
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Eveyone rushes to help (after having a good laugh)
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Maori guided tour at Te Puia in Rotorua
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Maori carving school
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Maori traditional village set up
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Mala with a tradional Maori reed shirt
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Peter outside the main building
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Inside
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Thermal springs at te Puia
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Mud volvanoes in the thermal valley..smelly!!
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Hotel overlooking the mud pool
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Geyser at Te Puia
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Fantastic geyser...and Peter
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Thermal vent
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Mala and Peter in front of the geyser
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Thermal vent
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Mike near the Cooking Pot
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The Cooking Pot
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Long shot over the thermal valley
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Kiwi haka at Te Puia
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Anna with more info...look at the length of the name on the notice board
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Elliotts in front of a Maori carved arch
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Kris near gthe lake at Rotorua
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Rotorua lake
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Another gondola ride! This time at Rotorua. There's no excuse for that, Kris
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Gondola-tastic
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Where there is gondola, there is...Luge! This was great fun!
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Doing about 150 kph...
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View over Rotorua
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Another view...smile you there on the cable car!
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Aj tucking into a strawberry at the gondola restaurant
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Aj and Kris feasting at the gondola restaurant
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Our last big meal out, at the gondola restaurant in Rotorua
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Back to Hamo and the boys do some diary work
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Quick trip to Hamo zoo...what a hot day!
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Rhinos, don't you know
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On our way home now, stop off at KL hotel and pizza in bed!!!! Thanks for having us NZ!
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