The Denholms in Singapore: May 2011

Tuesday, 3 May 2011

NZ South Island Arthurs Pass/Christchurch/KL home

size matters!!

KL airport - Air Asia - what a dump!

leaving KL to fly to Singapore - we went Air Asia, but direct is better!!

more earthquake damage - all so sad

up at the headland and estuary

the sea looks lovely,

most of the stone buildings have been damaged and will have to be pulled down. All the central area is cordoned off by
builders netting as the buildings are so unsafe and there are so many aftershocks

Christchurch Park, cordoned off because of the earthquake

the big boom watering systems

back on the road to Christchurch

rugged rocks and snow capped mountains

a chilly -2c and we are leaving flock Hill after a fun evening and a delicious, hearty meal

we found a fun swing, a lovely horse and lots of cuddly sheep, but it was very cold, in fact it got down to 0c

we arrive at Flock Hill Sheep Station and beautiful autumn colour

a lovely lake, some civilisation

nothing for miles around - who would live here??

a flash of colour - then its gone..

scree, scree and more scree

the Kia birds have a very strong beak and claws and can do some damage

We drove from the West Coast towards the East on Arthurs Pass, the temperature began to drop significantly and the vegetation disappeared, with scree covering the mountain sides

NZ South Island Greymouth to Arthurs Pass 27.4.11

oh well, he is smiling

Doug going through water 'too quickly'!!

looking at the smallest quad - Archie pressed the accelerator and not the break and ended up going down a bank, into the river
luckily he managed to jump free, but the quad ended upside down in the river leaking fuel!