For my final postcards I am going to revisit New Zealand. An all too brief visit almost 10 years ago and one which I had hoped to repeat, but my enthusiasm for long haul travel has very much diminished over the years. My overall impressions were the colours of green and blue, rounded hills in the Waikato region, wonderful trees often bent out of shape by the winds, black sand, tree ferns, the long white clouds and excellent coffee. No words this time, just pictures.
New Zealand Part 2
This is my last postcard for now. I hope you have enjoyed my catch up with places I have visited but not had time to blog about. And if you want to see more then please look under the destinations or road trips on the menu.
TRAVEL WORDS 
There’s no doubt about it- NZ has it all for beauty, doesn’t it? I love Suzanne’s postings. See you at 7pm. Have a good day!
Suzanne lives in a beautiful spot. Much bigger town than Raglan. It will be a day watching TV or reading a book. Gales and heavy rain due to last until tomorrow morning π¨
Oh, joy! Just back from strolling around Faro and the town walls xx
Just a wee bit bigger than Raglan, and more surfies and g-string followers π
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Thanks Jo π xx
Such beautiful pictures.
It’s a very beautiful country.
This looks idyllic. It’s somewhere I’m quite sorry not to have visited. And I’m sorry too that this series has come to an end. It’s been so interesting.
Well if I can get the scanner to work then I’ll try and write about my Australian adventures, pre digital.
That woukd be great! It might be a good winter project just for you too.
Yes, something to get me through the winter.
All good, and such a great blue sky! I adore the walking surfer.
It wasn’t all blue skies though despite it being their summer.
Definitely rain throughout all four seasons. You don’t get green grass without it. Though the East Coast of both islands and central Otago are more barren.
I only saw the Waikato area which was very green. I would have liked to see more, but it really was family time.
So much of it reminds me of England. I’m sure most of us would feel very much at home there.
Best wishes, Pete. x
Actually my first impression was how much it looked like Wales. Something about the colour of the green.
Beautiful scenery, we really must get there
Yes, you must. Hire a camper an and drive all the way from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island. A dream trip I had planned, but it won’t happen now.
Wonderful images. I always wanted to visit New Zealand, but am not a great traveller so I think I will just have to enjoy it by looking at beautiful images like yours.
Sadly I don’t think I’ll get there again, but you never know. If I can plan loads of stopovers it might work!
I see it has been compared to both England and Wales, but a lot of Scots say it reminds them of home too! Certainly the sheep and the green hills look that way to me.
I suspect there are parts that look a lot like Scotland, probably more so on the South Island where there are quite a few Scottish place names.
Funnily enough having visited the UK on numerous occasions it never reminded me of home and I do miss the UK. The smells the ancient history, the stone walls around the countryside, the housing to name a few aren’t reflected here. New Zealand is just different with a combination of many cultures all blended to make us who we are. Plus, our Maori hertiage.
The part I was in is very green and lots of rounded hills which seemed quite Welsh to me – the landscape not the people.
That’s why the Waikato region has always been fertile land for farming.
I don’t know how you managed to tear yourself away from that spectacular view to actually go and see anything else. It is so beautiful.
We didn’t actually go very far at all it is to be said. But with a new grandson to cuddle that was just fine. A lovely part of the world.
An excellent reason to stay put. π