Part VI - More New Zealand

Well, that was another month in New Zealand, this time on the South Island. Which was good, because when we flew in from Fiji to Auckland the airport had just been flooded. And then three days later there was flooding again. And two weeks later there was a cyclone that hit the North Island, which they usually don’t. But you know, at least it was 37°C on the Canterbury Plains when we arrived, so we got all the extremes. Generally speaking, so far this year has been a lesson in climate change. September/October weather in Indonesia was weird (especially R4 was not as I remembered it), October/November in Australia was rainy (third La Nina year in a row, anyone?), North Island NZ was mostly rainy too… We’re off to Bali for a month now, where I’ve prebooked 60 dives, then to Thailand (30ish dives), then Vietnam and Cambodia, before I head off to the Philippines and 5 weeks of liveaboard live (Tubbataha for the first 3 weeks plus a bit of the last trip).

Anyway, enjoy some images from the South Island of New Zealand. It’s a pretty place!