Gee I don't know where to start. I'd say spend the entire trip on NZ's South Island but I'm slightly biased.
To be honest I haven't seen much of the North Island but I've heard good things about Rotorua, the Bay of Islands and the Coromandel Peninsula. Wellington (our capital city) is lovely on a good day and you might be lucky enough to get one in December. Just about anywhere in the South Island is worth a visit. Marlborough Sounds, Golden Bay, the southern lakes (Tekapo, Pukaki, Wanaka, Wakatipu/Queenstown, Te Anau), the West Coast, Fiordland. The Kaikoura coast is very scenic, maybe if you're lucky the road will have reopened by then. If it hasn't, the alternative route through the Lewis Pass is also spectacular. If wine is your thing, there are plenty of wineries in Marlborough and Central Otago. Dunedin and Christchurch are both very nice. I've visited Sydney a few times and it has to be about the world's prettiest big city. It'll be heaving on NYE! Cheers, Dave > On Jan 18, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Gonz <rgonzoma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks to a frequent flyer program, looks like we are headed to the > land down under Dec 2017. Landing in Sydney then making our way to NZ > north Island then south, then returning to Sydney for the New Year's > Eve celebrations. > > Any suggestions for photo ops from those familiar with those spots? > I'll probably take a nicer zoom lens or two plus the K-1 hopefully. > > Was thinking of splitting the time evenly through those 3 > destinations, but I hear the NZ south island is spectacular and might > warrant more time than the others. Any input? > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > --Gonz > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
