tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313423642011-07-31T06:51:02.630+12:00Get away from the hustle and bustle of New Zealand cities and enjoy Wild New Zealand. Some of my favourite photos of this beautiful country.Reeholionoreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1158652277426863482006-09-19T19:48:00.000+12:002006-09-28T14:32:54.560+12:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/Mountains3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/Mountains3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Simply Majestic!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115865227742686348?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1156157224389457252006-08-21T22:46:00.000+12:002006-08-21T23:09:04.866+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/Plimmerton1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/Plimmerton1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br><br /><br><br /><br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/Plimmerton.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/Plimmerton.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115615722438945725?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1155716588401090572006-08-16T20:20:00.000+12:002006-08-16T20:23:08.413+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/stream.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/stream.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This stream is fed from the snow melting off the mountain peaks above. The water here is so fresh (and cold) that it would be amongst the freshest in the world.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115571658840109057?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1155386634422121452006-08-13T00:39:00.001+12:002006-08-13T00:43:54.423+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/peak.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/peak.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This piece of rock does not seem significant at first glace. But, when you consider it is at 7000 feet, and is in the middle of a mountain range in the South Island of New Zealand, it is more than likely that there has only ever been less than half a dozen people who have ever stepped foot on it. Magnificent!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115538663442212145?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1155163647327870292006-08-10T10:47:00.000+12:002006-08-10T10:48:34.676+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/mountains2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/mountains2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115516364732787029?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1155124307573936532006-08-09T23:41:00.000+12:002006-08-09T23:51:47.590+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/river-valley.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/river-valley.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />These mountains are south of the Wairau River Valley in the South Island. It is hard to put the size of these mountains into perspective in this photo. To give you an idea, it is about 6000 feet to the valley floor from where I took this photo. The water area of the river at the bottom is about 50 feet wide.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115512430757393653?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1155016244179385312006-08-08T17:50:00.000+12:002006-08-09T22:40:22.540+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/molesworth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/molesworth.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The first rays of a late Autumn (Fall) sun strike the mountains to the south of Blenheim, South Island.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115501624417938531?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1154868312959193282006-08-07T00:44:00.000+12:002006-08-09T23:22:37.466+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/cold-rock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/cold-rock.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I found this rock at the top of the Hellfire Stream near Mount Rainbow in the South Island of New Zealand.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115486831295919328?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1154868239088139862006-08-07T00:42:00.000+12:002006-08-09T22:40:57.180+12:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/hay-bails.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: center; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="hay bales" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/hay-bails.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />It is hard to describe what I like about this photo of central South Island New Zealand. Can you explain it?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115486823908813986?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1154867967009621462006-08-07T00:35:00.000+12:002006-08-09T22:41:12.196+12:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/trig.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/trig.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />One small trig on top of one large mountain, amongst many large mountains in the South Island of New Zealand.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115486796700962146?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1154770768334702272006-08-05T21:36:00.000+12:002006-08-09T23:18:34.456+12:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/Mountain-River2.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/Mountain-River2.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />This dry river bed in the Southern Alps of New Zealand is at about 5000 feet above sea level. The only water that feeds it is from the melting snow above.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115477076833470227?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1153705737895108602006-07-24T13:47:00.000+12:002006-09-28T14:16:23.830+12:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/sunrise.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/sunrise.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115370573789510860?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1153474730963133772006-07-21T21:35:00.000+12:002006-09-28T13:52:46.316+12:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/pancake-rocks.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 360px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/pancake-rocks.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The world famous Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki, between Greymouth and Westport on the West Coast of the South Island, New Zealand.<br /><br />These rocks are famous because the large rock formations look like gigantic stacked pancakes.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115347473096313377?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1153296683332256762006-07-19T19:56:00.000+12:002006-09-28T14:09:47.410+12:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/willows.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/willows.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Looking out from Something airfield towards Mount Something in the South Island, New Zealand. Hmmm...I'll have to find a map!<br /><br />Unless you can tell me the name of the mountain and the airfield I'm standing on?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115329668333225676?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1153295763965721722006-07-19T19:45:00.000+12:002006-09-28T13:59:24.703+12:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/a-rock-and-a-tree.0.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/400/a-rock-and-a-tree.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115329576396572172?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31342364.post-1153294505954001472006-07-19T19:33:00.001+12:002006-09-28T13:51:12.543+12:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/river2.0.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 480px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4568/3113/1600/river2.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal">Fresh mountain water flows down the upper <st1:placename st="on">Wairau</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">River</st1:placetype> to water the grape vines of the world class vineyards further down river, <st1:city st="on">Marlborough</st1:city>, <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">South Island</st1:city>, <st1:country-region st="on">New Zealand</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<br /><br />Please view more of my photos at <a href="http://reeholiofavourites.blogspot.com/">Portfolio Reeholio</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="#top">Back to top<br /></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31342364-115329450595400147?l=wildnz.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reeholionoreply@blogger.com0