The End to the Teacher Exchange has Arrived. This is Mrs. Gabel saying Good-bye to the students and faculty.

Darwin...pack your bag. We're going !!!

New Zealand - Our last adventure before going back home

Lake Tekapo (south island) - A bird's nest we passed by on the lake shore

A church with a view. On the shore of Lake Tekapo.

Hey Buddy...are you going to eat the whole sandwich yourself?

This is Arrowtown, an old goldmining town.

We went for walk along a river that ran through Arrowtown. When we came across a rope hanging from a large tree I couldn't resist the temptation.

Panning for gold (he had a little bit). This guy was a school teacher from Canada so we chatted a while.

The town of Cromwell (the world's uglyest Fruit Salad)

The town of Oamaru (along the eastern shore of the south island)

There were 4 or 5 penquins visible from the top of the hill. They were guarding their nests and were very noisy.

They were nesting along this slope

Oamaru (south of Christchurch)

After having breakfast we spent a couple of hours walking around this park, before heading further south

Renovated Whiskey Distillery

This building in Oamaru had a little restaraunt/tea room on the main floor and very cool Art Gallery upstairs

Unusual spherical shaped boulders

The Worlds Fastest Indian

One stop I really wanted to make was at a hardware store in Invercargill. The owner of the store is a motorcycle enthusiast and has many vintage bikes scattered throughout the store. The one bike I was keen on seeing is an old Indian motorcycle that set a speed record in the 1960's on the salt flats in the United States.(over 200mph...pretty fast for a 1920 Indian Scout) There was a movie made about the man's life (Jack Munroe) starring Antony Hopkins.

West of Milford Sound.

Milford Sound. We took a 2 hr boat ride through the Sound and out to the sea then back.

The Town of Nelson. One of our favorite places

We went for a walk over some hills and through pastures and came across this sign. I'm not sure why, but I found the wording on this sign to be humorous.

I always like to be at the center of everything :)

We spent a couple of days here. Very scenic.

On the west side of the island we came across a man and wife showing people how to make a Knife so I decided to try my hand at it. I enjoyed it.