Auckland & Rotorua, New Zealand, North Island

        Flying into Auckland, New Zealand, North Island

             View of Auckland from the city's museum on the hill

On our drive to Rotoura, we stopped to visit the magnificent Hamilton Gardens.  Maddy's favorite was the Indian garden, mine was the kitchen garden

                                A beautiful peacock in the gardens

              Hiking in the Waimangu Volcano Center - saw lots of geysers

                       Inferno crater - absolutely beautiful

                     Cruising Lake Rotomahana 

    Hiking thru the Redwood Forest with my friend Barbara Maxson from Chicago

            

                                        Silver fern of New Zealand