Christmas 2011 in New Zealand

Pohutukawa flowers
bloom just in time
for Christmas

Close-up of a
Pohutukawa
pin-cushion









Christmas flowers
just up our street
















Maya's favourite sport:

Bubble-busting!

















... while Chance hides

his head in the swing-chair

to escape the bubbles!

Christchurch, NZ South Island, January 2010

Colourful New Regent Street







The Chalice - an 18m sculpture depicting NZ plants









Christchurch Cathedral








Botanical gardens









Historic Tramway

Cathedral Peak hike in January

New home at 2 Mermaid Mews

Gabi and Phil previewing new home before moving in

Family photos by Russel Hamlet

These are photos of the portraits
(taken between rain showers... umbrellas lying at our feet)

This photo taken on another occasion at Gabi's school

The BIG 13 for Cayla

Cayla's new p!nk camera.

At the Luge! Going down hill in a go-cart.

Cayla's birthday cake.

Taking off at Orewa surf!

Parakai Hot Springs

Gabi more impressed with the hired pink tube than even the supertubes

Warm water long ride all weather tubes.

The sliding mats double up as an insulating blanket cause as warm as the water may be the wind still feels cold.