Postcards from around the world

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

Fabulous trees
And more sea views from our accommodation
Sheep. Of course
Black sand beaches and surfers. This is Ruapuke Beach about 10.5 km from Raglan
The winding gravel track to Ruapuke Beach

 

Metrosideros excelsa, commonly known as the pōhutukawa, or New Zealand Christmas tree, produces a brilliant display of red flowers around Christmas time.
Distorted tree by the prevailing winds.

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.

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Heyjude

I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling.

35 thoughts on “Postcards from around the world”

    1. I would have loved to have seen more, but life events and Covid conspired against my return. Definitely a country worth seeing.

  2. New Zealand has a pretty fabulous ‘Christmas tree’ – imagine having that in a corner of your sitting room! 🙂

    1. I think all trees look better in the ground! It does make for a lovely Christmas card though and much more suitable than snowmen and robins in NZ.

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