News From Fred 65

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The place to go in a hurry in Warkworth - nice place from what we saw which was very hurried. A shot of Shotoverjet by Queenstown - a nice andrenalin booster. Then the plane to carry us to Kuala Lumpur on the way to Europe. Malaysian Airlines from Auckland to KL were excellent in their own fashion as usual. KLM on the other hand had us tinned in in the middle of the central aisles like sardines from KL to Amsterdam (Malaysian Airlines were unbeleivably not allowed to access the KLM flight system to reserve seats for us when checking in at Auckland!!!) and they didn't make up for it with charm. I thought from time to time that I was on a bad Lufthansa flight (the blond hair). Apparently KLM are now owned by Air France - and so on a downhill spiral. SABENA (Belgian Airlines) were known to we expats in the middle east in the 1970's as 'Such A Bloody Experience, Never Again.' We'll think of something appropriate for KLM on these long winter nights ahead. Watch this space.

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The 4th biggest Kauri tree (flashback to Dargaville). Dylan at 1.82m is to scale. 

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The tops jut through the late afternoon low cloud on the way north from Fox village 

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Morning mist hides the valley below on the way north to Picton 

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Having successfully negotiated 'Suicide Alley', our entripid band move across the glacier.... 

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There's a hut up there somewhere?***?? 

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The helicopter 

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Great colours 

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Inside a cave (watch your head) 

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On the Fox Glacier 

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Ilona's old kindergarten in Tikipunga (the giant watertank is out of photo to the right) 

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Oh but that Islay had such a view - the Oa will never seem the same again.  

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Not as we know it... 

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Ilona & Dylan at Whangarei Falls 

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Dylan & I in problems - turn it thru 90 degrees to see the correct prespective. 

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Our Kiwi Alpine guide Karen on the Fox glacier heliwalk. She's climbed Mnt Cook so wasn't overstretched on this one. 

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Mounts Cook & Tasman from Lake Matheson - a well photographed view! 

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