Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts

Sunday, August 14, 2011

I love panoramic postcards! This one shows Mount Egmont in the Taranaki countryside on New Zealand's North Island.


Sunday, August 7, 2011

This is the Tasman Glacier on New Zealand's South Island. It's the biggest glacier in the country and you can land on it with a plane and do a guided ski-tour down it. The Tasman Glacier was named after the explorer Able Tasman (who also has a national park in New Zealand named after him). It turns into the Tasman River and then ends in Lake Pukaki.


Friday, August 5, 2011

You see? New Zealand's not Down Under, we are...


Monday, July 25, 2011

This is the Wellington Boat Harbour in New Zealand.


Sunday, July 24, 2011

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Kiwi

Did you know that the Kiwi is strictly nocturnal? That, and it becoming extinct, are the reasons it is rarely seen except in parks and zoos.

Auckland

Something funny happened with this postcard. When I received it, there was a sticker on it saying "wrong address, it should be ..." I peeled it off and the address that the sender had written on the card was exactly the same one as the one on the sticker.
At least, it arrived. This panoramic card shows Auckland in New Zealand.

Koru

The Koru on this card is derived from the new fern frond and symbolises new beginnings, growth and harmony. Did you know that the Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa and means Long White Cloud?

Sunday, September 12, 2010

World's End

According to my New Zealand guidebook, standing at Cape Reinga gives you a world's end feeling. I don't know, the place looks rather nice to me.