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Lake Tekapo in New Zealand

Recently my wonderful oldest step daughter and her talented engineer/photographer husband traveled for three weeks in New Zealand. One of their Christmas gifts to us was a calendar they had made with some of Cole’s photography. I was so impressed! I have never had the opportunity to travel there myself, but anyone I’ve known who has vacationed in New Zealand had nothing but good things to say about this beautiful country.

There are two larger islands (North and South) and about 600 much smaller islands. Mountains, beaches, waterfalls, volcanoes, rolling green hills – the landscape is breathtakingly spectacular! In fact, you might even find a crew in New Zealand shooting a movie. You might recognize the setting of “Lord of the Rings” or “The Hobbit” as you view these scenes. Even though New Zealand time is way ahead of us, when I look at these pictures it looks like time stands still. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

New Zealand Sheep Paths
Cole said that most of New Zealand’s landscape is rolling green pastures full of sheep and cows. The animals walk on the sides of the hills so much that they eventually form paths.
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New Zealand Rainbow Falls
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New Zealand KiteKite Falls
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New Zealand Piha Beach
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New Zealand Hot Water Beach
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New Zealand Cathedral Cove
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New Zealand Hobbiton
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Fun fact: The Hobbiton set was built out of foam and other temporary materials at first then taken down after filming the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. But when they were preparing to film the “Hobbit” trilogy, so many people came to see the landscape at the filming location that they decided to rebuild the set out of permanent materials. It took over two years!

New Zealand Huka Falls
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New Zealand Lake Taupo
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New Zealand Tongariro Alpine Crossing
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New Zealand Tongariro Alpine Crossing.
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The peak on the right was used as Mount Doom in Lord of the Rings!
New Zealand – Wellington from Mount Victoria
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New Zealand Marlborough Valley Wine Tour
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New Zealand has such beautiful scenery!
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New Zealand Devil’s Punchbowl Falls
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New Zealand Punakaiki Rocks
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New Zealand Isthmus Peak
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New Zealand Isthmus Peak
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New Zealand Lavender Farm
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New Zealand Lake Tekapo
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New Zealand Kawarau Gorge
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Lord of the Rings Filming Location
New Zealand Mirror Lakes
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New Zealand Lake Marian
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New Zealand Key Summit
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New Zealand Key Summit
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New Zealand Milford Sound
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New Zealand Matai Falls
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New Zealand Roaring Bay
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New Zealand Hike to Lover’s Leap
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