Media thread - 9 February 2020, 21:13

A screenshot of the iOS Alarms app with a 5:00am alarm set.

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(We're going to New Zealand tomorrow, yay, but we're catching the train early to hopefully give ourselves lots of spare time in case the weather screws them up again).

Posted on 9 February 2020, 21:13

I am on a plane!

sydney airport plane photos.app

Posted on 10 February 2020, 9:47

An ultra-wide angle photo of a cozy apartment lounge room with light grey carpet, light tan walls, and sunlight coming in the far window.

Hello from Auckland! The place we're staying is cute, but man the drivers here aren't big fans of staying in their lanes.

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Posted on 10 February 2020, 15:45

A photo of a black sand beach (the sound is more brown than black), with clouds in the distance over to the horizon and a large rocky outcrop at the right.

A photo taken from a fairly high vantage point looking over a bunch of very green trees out towards the ocean.

Today we went to Piha Beach, which is a black sand beach, and up to Arataki, which has some really nice views.

We also went into Auckland city centre, and man, the amount of construction going on makes Sydney's look like we're doing nothing. Ended up giving up on that and going back.

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Posted on 11 February 2020, 15:36

Dinner tonight was an 18" New York-style pizza and it was fucking amazing. We got half sausage and half meatball. Kristina said it's the best she's had outside of New York itself!

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Posted on 11 February 2020, 17:40

A photo of a quite large garden done in an Italian Renaissance style, with marble and statues and greenery.

A photo of an unnaturally turquoise pond and Japanese trees.

A photo looking directly up with a bunch of towering redwood trees all around.

A night time photo looking down an pedestrian "street" with restaurants on either side and bright turquoise lighting along the ceiling/roof area.

We drove down to Rotorua today, and stopped off part-way at Hamilton Gardens. It's SO COOL, there's a heap of different types of gardens from times and locations around the world. We also walked through a redwood forest and had a fantastic dinner in Rotorua itself.

night new zealand trees photos.app north island

Posted on 12 February 2020, 20:34

A photo of geothermal springs, the water is incredibly blue, there's a band of orange rock just at the edge of the water, and steam is billowing up from the surface.

A photo of white water rapids coming down from between two sections of cliff.

We went to see geothermal springs today! It was really impressive, the sulphur smell was astonishingly pungent though. 🤢 We also visited a Huka Falls.

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Posted on 13 February 2020, 19:56

A photo of several alpacas, and one in the foreground with a black and white face and hair.

Today was mostly spent driving back from Rotorua to Auckland, but we DID stop part way to go on an alpaca tour and we got to feed and pet them! They're so soft!

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Posted on 14 February 2020, 14:52