Driving out to the southern most tip of the North Island, NZ...

saw some person hang gliding off the cliffs

More sheep...

There was a random fishing village out in the middle of nowhere! All the boats were up on trailers with tractors attached to pull them around.

This part was so cool!! The sea was so wild and choppy against these crazy looking rocks.

These were really steep beaches. Fur Seals were swimming all around too!

These are the stairs (251 of them, we counted!) to get up to the light house at Cape Palliser.

View from the light house...

And back down, yikes!

Tons of Fur Seals loungin about!! We were about 5 feet away and they didn't seem to mind.

The drive back toward Wellington.

more.........Now with VIDEO!

Hi! Here's a video someone shot of the weather we've been enjoying here in Wellington.

We have been out and about the last couple of weekends... and decided to take the train to Auckland.

Looks like a hobbit could live here, no?

"Scenic Montage" ... without music... Its a little bit long, so we suggest you sing "Eye of the Tiger" in your head while watching to make it more fun!

The train stopped at National Park and we met this cute dog, so we fed him a cheese muffin.

Sticking our heads out the train viewing platform...

Auckland Train Station.

No... this is not us in the video. We didn't have the guts to do this. But we watched some other crazy people be flung into the air next to Auckland's Sky Tower. Their Sky Tower looks a lot like the Seattle Space Needle but not as big and tall. It has a rotating restraunt in it too just like Seattle.

WAIHONE GORGE:

We went on this awesome tramp in the Waihone Gorge.

The first thing you have to do is walk over this huge suspension bridge.

It's probably about 100 ft. over the river and atleast a couple hundred feet long.

Really pretty scary if you are at all afraid of heights.

Anyway we made it over! Check the video!

This one is worth looking at High-res so you can get a better view of the trail.

The whole time you are basicly either walking in holes between the roots and rocks or on the slippery roots and rocks. Pretty fun though...and it makes you feel like you are in a jungle!

The Rivers are flowing really well and everything is super green!

UNTIL NEXT TIME!!