Day 2 of our Queen's Birthday Weekend getaway to Auckland (via Waikato). We made the most of the city lights and the rainy day.

Boxing Day - pack the bags (in advance) and waking at some stupid hour to hit the road again on our somewhat annual trip down south!...

Our last morning of the trip and we finally see the sun! A few shots in the Hawke's Bay before heading home.

Our last day in the East Cape, today we head to Napier.

Day 7 - we hid from the rain under the shelter of the trees at Eastwoodhill Arboretum and visited the Rere Falls.

Our next stage of the trip, staying in Gisborne. Tolaga Bay Pier a must see for anyone in the area.

East Cape sunrise (some colour finally!) and a trip up the lighthouse.

The start of our East Cape leg of the trip. Whakatane to Tokomaru Bay and a couple of great finds along the way.

Waking up at the VR Rotorua Lake Resort and thinking the benefit of this is that Lake Rotoiti is right outside our door... Problem is...

A slow start to the morning as sunrise didn't look too interesting... We went down to the beach near the batch to see what we can find. ...

Day 1 of our East Cape roadtrip - first stop, a short throw away from Turangi.

Sunrise in Kaikoura! We had wanted to stay in Kaikoura to capture the beautiful landscape there at sunrise and sunset. The last time we...

Our trip really started on Christmas Day, heading down to Wellington to spend the night closer to the ferry for our Boxing Day sailing...

Anyone who knows me knows I like my coffee and I like my coffee GOOD!! Nothing boils by britches (for lack of a better PG phrase) than...