With some more days to spare and a 'Labour Day' Kiwi bank holiday looming some quick planning was in order and five of us headed North for the sun and snorkelling/scuba diving in poor knights - a marine nature reserve and new zealand's most popular dive location. We stayed at Tutukaka near Whagarei - base 'town' for the biggest poor knights dive charters. (1) - DJ and Smiler savouring a beer whilst the barbi gets going

Me on my final CTC single engine flight - well, not strictly true - flying Kaye to Raglan and back on a private hire flight. 

Kaye and I at the Bank 

Left to Right - James 'Goose' Bonham, Alan Ewing, Paul 'Ferret' Baker, Course Mentor Lee Woodward, Rich 'The New Elvis' Roberts, James 'Big Show' Warrick, Zoe Cameron, Me, Simon Hutton - at the Bank 

71) One random evening road trip up to the Auckerland sky tower. 

70) Me and a fur seal 

69) Heading back from the south island.. 

68) One last fur seal at Kaikoura 

67) Our whale watch boat - half of the passengers were continuously sick and we didn't spot a Whale - did manage to track one for 30 mins though 

66) Queenstown from the cable car 

65) Queenstown - looking towards the magnificents (correction from Martin Somerville - the Remarkables!)

64) Lake Wanaka 

63) Looking towards Wanaka 

62) Lake near Wanaka - possibly Mt Cook in the background (?!) 

61) Fox Glacier head 

60) People climbing the glacier 

59) A bit of glaciated rock 

58) Franz Josef Glacier 

57) Heading South - the southern alps near Haast 

56) Hokitika Beach 

55) Sharing the main interstate highway with the main railway line near Hokitika 

Arthur Pass 

53) A Kea - Alpine parrot - scary creature 

52) Kaye the intrepid wildlife photographer 

51) Arthurs pass