Enjoying the beauty (and warmth!) of Sydney ...

Famous chapel in Lake Tekapo, build in 1935.

Lake Pukaki - the water is a fabulous blue due to crushed "rock flour" in the water - made by the glaciers

Sophie and Caroline checking out the camper van. It's really just another jungle gym.

Look how tiny Dad is!!! The room was built to create this visual effect at The Puzzling World in Wanaka.

Shari, Caroline and Sophie enjoying breakfast outside the camper van in Wanaka.

Beautiful view of the mountains. Just an average New Zealand back drop.

The sun light off Lake Wanaka at one of the many scenic stops along the lake.

This picture of Lake Wanaka reminds me of a lake near Fresno CA that we visited during our honeymoon.

Fox Glacier as seen from near Lake Matheson.

We stopped along the road for breakfast. During the flooding season the water stretches clear from one bank to the other.

Beautiful sky after sunset in Haast.

Sophie enjoying the sunset over the sea.

Rocks at Knight Point

Franz Josef Glacier

Fox Glacier

Rainforest trek - unbelievably amid the glaciers!

Caroline and Shari on top of Fox Glacier while on our helicopter trip. (The babies were braver than Shari, who flew with her eyes closed.)

Sophie and Sean contemplating who's going to throw the first snow ball at Mom?

Franz Josef Glacier, South Island, NZ. From our campsite as we get ready to set off for them.

Beautiful coastline demonstrating the"pancake" layers famous on the west coast near Greymouth

Pancake Rocks

Famous blow hole at Pancake Rocks where the sea splashes up after a large wave

The family enjoying the beautiful sights

Beautiful west coast

In Oz it was koalas, kangaroos, and wallabees. In NZ, it's penguins!

In case we wanted to know how far we are from everyone else

Beautiful steeples off the coast of Westport

Beautiful beach at the Cape Foulwind Lighthouse

Beautiful beach at the Cape Foulwind lighthouse (2)

The beach was made of sand with large rocks

You don't see landscapes like this every day (unless you're in NZ)

River weaving through the dense forest

Rainbow above our camp ground in Nelson

Sean feeding Caroline and Sophie breakfast in Nelson

Dad setting a good example beyond the ropes

Enjoying the morning after breakfast by the sea