South Island - New Zealand

A boat loads of Asian tourists being punted up and down the Avon River In Christchurch - the strange things they think up to entertain tourists...

A large fish on the roadside in Rakaia, Canterbury

Timaru is like going back in a time warp

Oamaru is a bit bleak but the old end is pretty unique

Larnach Castle in Dunedin was built by a mad family of Scotties to defend themselves from the encroaching thistles - the view from the tower is great

From the top of the castle looking down to the tip of the Otago peninsula

Of all the amazing old buildings in Dunedin, the railway station is really something - it doesnt have much in the way of train services, but it looks awesome!

Baldwin St, Dunedin - world's steepest street (it's in the Guiness Book of Records) - 1 in 2.8

Dunedin Cathedral - it's big and Gothic, and must have scared the Scotish settlers into being righteous thistle eaters

Nugget Point - Catlins - from here the horizon goes pretty much all the way to Antarctica - only sea lions live round here.

A crowded beach in the Catlins - it's a little cool for swimming, but a great place

Gore is not the backwater its made out to be on TV, it has a cool art gallery and a big fish.

Mirror Lakes in Fiordland National Park

Mitre Peak in Milford Sound must see more camera gear then a camera shop, but it's a very photogenic spot

A Milford Sound waterfall - there's some tall ones here, falling down some of the world's highest sea cliffs

Cruising round Milford Sound, dolphins came and swam round the boat but my jaw was hanging open and I forgot to take any pics - ths is right where they were hanging out though...

Some of the roads down south are stunning - it's like driving through the set of Lord of the Rings - this is Lake Wakatipu near Queenstown

Queenstown - over-developed now, but if you stand with your back to the ugly apartments, it still has some great sights

All those things they say about the West Coast being wet are true - (in Milford Sound they get 9000mm of rainfall a year, twice as much as the Amazon rainforest, and they sometimes have the entire annual rainfall of England in 3 days !) - this is Lake Wahapo where droughts are not a problem.

The Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki on the West Coast

Cape Foulwind - it's a lot better than it sounds - nice cafe and not really much windier than Wellington. Check out that Honda Goldwing 1800 - the South Island is full of classic motorbikes.