A selection of the top photos from our March 2009 trip to the South Island of New Zealand. http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-061/501996785_zTBhm-Ti.jpg http://bcs.smugmug.com/gallery/7761178_hZPaU/ 2009-03-31T08:21:51Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Moeraki Boulders, near Dunedin NZ</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#501996785_zTBhm" title="Moeraki Boulders, near Dunedin NZ"><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-061/501996785_zTBhm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Moeraki Boulders, near Dunedin NZ" title="Moeraki Boulders, near Dunedin NZ" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-03T07:31:20Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-061/501996785_zTBhm-Th.jpg 2009-03-12 17:32:13 <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Baby seal on the Otago Peninsula, Dunedin NZ</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#501996787_xAofu" title="Baby seal on the Otago Peninsula, Dunedin NZ"><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-139/501996787_xAofu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Baby seal on the Otago Peninsula, Dunedin NZ" title="Baby seal on the Otago Peninsula, Dunedin NZ" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-03T07:31:20Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-139/501996787_xAofu-Th.jpg 2009-03-14 17:02:18 <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Dunedin Railway station, opened in 1906 and extensively refurbished in 2000.</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#501996781_mpuCr" title="Dunedin Railway station, opened in 1906 and extensively refurbished in 2000."><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-169/501996781_mpuCr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Dunedin Railway station, opened in 1906 and extensively refurbished in 2000." title="Dunedin Railway station, opened in 1906 and extensively refurbished in 2000." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-22T14:00:26Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-169/501996781_mpuCr-Th.jpg 2009-03-14 21:07:55 <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Doutbful Sound, on the west coast of the south island. They get 23 FEET of rain per year.</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#501996810_2Wp4z" title="Doutbful Sound, on the west coast of the south island. They get 23 FEET of rain per year."><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-258/501996810_2Wp4z-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Doutbful Sound, on the west coast of the south island. They get 23 FEET of rain per year." title="Doutbful Sound, on the west coast of the south island. They get 23 FEET of rain per year." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-03T07:31:20Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-258/501996810_2Wp4z-Th.jpg 2009-03-19 17:38:24 <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Shotover Jet, near Queenstown</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#501996808_FWqwp" title="Shotover Jet, near Queenstown"><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-355/501996808_FWqwp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Shotover Jet, near Queenstown" title="Shotover Jet, near Queenstown" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-03T07:31:20Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-355/501996808_FWqwp-Th.jpg 2009-03-20 16:51:26 <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Waterfront in Queenstown, the adventure capital of the world.</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#501996826_YGqU3" title="Waterfront in Queenstown, the adventure capital of the world."><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-376/501996826_YGqU3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Waterfront in Queenstown, the adventure capital of the world." title="Waterfront in Queenstown, the adventure capital of the world." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-03T07:31:20Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-376/501996826_YGqU3-Th.jpg 2009-03-20 17:29:49 <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Looking out over Queenstown - the Remarkables mountains, Lake Wakatipu, and the town itself. We took a gondola rather than hiking up here :)</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#501996833_rMotZ" title="Looking out over Queenstown - the Remarkables mountains, Lake Wakatipu, and the town itself. We took a gondola rather than hiking up here :)"><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-389/501996833_rMotZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Looking out over Queenstown - the Remarkables mountains, Lake Wakatipu, and the town itself. We took a gondola rather than hiking up here :)" title="Looking out over Queenstown - the Remarkables mountains, Lake Wakatipu, and the town itself. We took a gondola rather than hiking up here :)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-03T07:31:20Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-389/501996833_rMotZ-Th.jpg 2009-03-20 18:54:49 <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Laura and I, taken from the top of the Skyline Gondola in Queenstown</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#502943351_hiMrG" title="Laura and I, taken from the top of the Skyline Gondola in Queenstown"><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-391/502943351_hiMrG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Laura and I, taken from the top of the Skyline Gondola in Queenstown" title="Laura and I, taken from the top of the Skyline Gondola in Queenstown" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-03T07:31:20Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-391/502943351_hiMrG-Th.jpg 2009-03-20 18:56:00 <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Laura paragliding over Queenstown with her instructor (Todd) from Bend, Oregon. Todd has been "chasing summers" for the last seven years...I think he is onto something.</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#501996842_BJhPN" title="Laura paragliding over Queenstown with her instructor (Todd) from Bend, Oregon. Todd has been "chasing summers" for the last seven years...I think he is onto something."><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-399u/501996842_BJhPN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Laura paragliding over Queenstown with her instructor (Todd) from Bend, Oregon. Todd has been "chasing summers" for the last seven years...I think he is onto something." title="Laura paragliding over Queenstown with her instructor (Todd) from Bend, Oregon. Todd has been "chasing summers" for the last seven years...I think he is onto something." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-03T07:31:20Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-399u/501996842_BJhPN-Th.jpg 2009-03-21 14:58:26 <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Hot air balloon over Lake Hayes near Queenstown. Spectacular morning fog/mist over the lake.</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#501996853_V6adu" title="Hot air balloon over Lake Hayes near Queenstown. Spectacular morning fog/mist over the lake."><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-414/501996853_V6adu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Hot air balloon over Lake Hayes near Queenstown. Spectacular morning fog/mist over the lake." title="Hot air balloon over Lake Hayes near Queenstown. Spectacular morning fog/mist over the lake." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-03T07:31:20Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-414/501996853_V6adu-Th.jpg 2009-03-22 08:45:07 <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Kayaks on the shore of Lake Wanaka, on the waterfront of - you guessed it - the town of Wanaka</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#501996860_jTpWR" title="Kayaks on the shore of Lake Wanaka, on the waterfront of - you guessed it - the town of Wanaka"><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-416/501996860_jTpWR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Kayaks on the shore of Lake Wanaka, on the waterfront of - you guessed it - the town of Wanaka" title="Kayaks on the shore of Lake Wanaka, on the waterfront of - you guessed it - the town of Wanaka" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-03T07:31:20Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-416/501996860_jTpWR-Th.jpg 2009-03-22 11:56:55 <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Road leading north out of Wanaka. Lake Hawea on the right.</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#501996869_Xczeq" title="Road leading north out of Wanaka. Lake Hawea on the right."><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-420/501996869_Xczeq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Road leading north out of Wanaka. Lake Hawea on the right." title="Road leading north out of Wanaka. Lake Hawea on the right." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-03T07:31:20Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-420/501996869_Xczeq-Th.jpg 2009-03-22 12:53:11 <p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com">Brad</a><br />Church in Blenheim, at the northern tip of the south island and know for its wines (Sauvignon Blanc in particular). Part of the Marlborough region.</p><p><a href="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/7761178_hZPaU#501998271_a6HMs" title="Church in Blenheim, at the northern tip of the south island and know for its wines (Sauvignon Blanc in particular). Part of the Marlborough region."><img src="http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-482/501998271_a6HMs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Church in Blenheim, at the northern tip of the south island and know for its wines (Sauvignon Blanc in particular). Part of the Marlborough region." title="Church in Blenheim, at the northern tip of the south island and know for its wines (Sauvignon Blanc in particular). Part of the Marlborough region." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-03T07:31:20Z Brad http://bcs.smugmug.com http://bcs.smugmug.com/Brad-Lauras-Photos/2009/New-Zealand-Top-13-photos/NZ-trip-2009-482/501998271_a6HMs-Th.jpg 2009-03-24 19:03:42