Palms

From a cold and windy New Zealand beach to a warm and tropical Townsville. There's something pleasing about palm trees.

New Brighton Surf

A surfer catches a wave in the cold waters of the southern Pacific Ocean off the East coast of New Zealand's South Island.

Tekapo

A cold and windy day on our visit to Lake Tekapo.

Hanoi

A Tower of Hanoi problem to out do all Tower's of Hanoi.

Reflective

A series of puzzling reflections in the ceiling at Puzzling World, Wanaka.

Reflections

A near infinity of reflections in a finite space. The possibilities are almost endless in this illusion at Puzzling World in Wanaka.

Fresh

A fresh morning view from the middle of Wanaka, looking over the lake and toward the snowy hills.

Jet Boat

An action packed jet boat ride in the Goldfields near Wanaka.

Road Train

A road train drives past as we wait for the leading solar cars to arrive in the World Solar Challenge 2013.

Star Camp

Camped out in the Northern Territory waiting for the World Solar Challenge cars to arrive the next morning gave me an opportunity for some astronomy.

Wakatipu

Lake Wakatipu and Queenstown.

Sequoia

A beautiful Sequioa tree in the Botanic Gardens, Queenstown.

Haka

Kia Ora! and welcome back to Aotearoa. This is from a Maori cultural show and haka performance at the Skyline complex in Queenstown.

Snow

Some of the wonderful late spring snow at Mount Hutt.

Team Tokai

Team Tokai on the road on Monday between Banka Banka and Three Ways.

Check out a video of Team Nuon

and Team Tokai

World Solar Challenge

Team Nuon Solar from the Netherlands leads the World Solar Challenge on Day 2 of the race from Darwin to Adelaide. The driver even gave us a thumbs up as he drove past.

By Night

Queenstown, New Zealand, by night.

Container Mall

Part of the temporary container mall in central Christchurch that has replaced the damaged shops after the earthquake.

Cathedral

Earthquake damaged cathedral in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Blackbacked Gull

A Southern Blackbacked Gull at New Brighton Pier near Christchurch.

Methven Sky

A recent stay in Methven, New Zealand, gave me a quick opportunity for an astronomy shot.