Postcard! Melbourne by a Summer Night

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Melbourne Library

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Happy New Year!

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some LOVE from New Zealand!

our last postcard from NZ :-)

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see you later for some new adventures!

 

Church of the Good Shepherd

Amazing by Day and Night.

The iconic Church of the Good Shepherd is situated on the shores of Lake Tekapo amongst the natural beauty of the lake and the mountains.

The Church was built in 1935 as a place of worship for the pioneer families of the Mackenzie country. It is still used regularly for worship by various denominations in the Mackenzie and is part of the Mackenzie Cooperating Parish. The special and spiritual feeling and the surrounding natural beauty of the church draws couples from many nations to the Church to be married.

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(Postcard :-) )
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Kind of Blue, Lake Pukaki (NZ)

not Miles Davis, but just as amazing. The glacial feed to the lakes in the region gives them a distinctive blue colour, created by glacial flour, the extremely finely ground rock particles from the glaciers.

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for the view: Queenstown Hill (Te Tapu-nui)

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locals going for a good ride after work
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Queenstown: a piece of paradise? (New Zealand)

laid-back atmosphere, dramatic setting, plethora of activities to choose from…. Queenstown is definitely a fantastic place to stay for a while

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puff puff, full steam ahead (Kingston Flyer, New Zealand)

The Kingston Flyer is New Zealand’s famous vintage steam train set in the spectacular mountain scenery of the Queenstown Lakes District. Travelling on the Kingston Flyer takes you back to the 1920′s colonial era of romance and glamour.
more info here: http://www.kingstonflyer.co.nz/

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oh what a road / New Zealand

Te Anau to Queenstown

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Milford Sound (part 2)

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Milford Sound (part 1)

Milford Sound is a fjord situated on the west coast of the South Island, it is a fusion of spectacular natural features with amazing visual cues around every corner.
Described by Rudyard Kipling as the ‘eighth wonder of the world’, Milford Sound was carved by glaciers during the ice ages. Milford Sound is breathtaking in any weather. The fiord’s cliffs rise vertically from the dark waters, mountain peaks scrape the sky and waterfalls cascade downwards, some as high as 1000 metres.

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Te Anau to Milford Sound, road of Legend

tout droit à travers la plaine!
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Mirror Lakes, just amazing feeling of serenity (especially without the tourists)
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happiness
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Le repos du pilote, après une bonne journée
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Up through the mountains, on day 2
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more lakes :-)

Lake Hawea, early morning this time (we camped right here :-) )

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And here is Lake Tekapo, where one can enjoy a fly over if you feel like it
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