Flamboyant Flowers on the Beach, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

image of Absolute Beachfront B&B, Hawke's Bay, Napier, New Zealand

After the previous day’s wet hike on the Taranaki Falls Trail in Mt. Tongariro National Park, both Bob and I came down with colds.  It was time for some R&R and a slower paced couple of days before we made the ferry crossing to New Zealand’s South Island.  Absolute Beachfront B&B in Napier made a good spot for just that.  Masses of flamboyant flowers on the beach were just waiting to be discovered by Bob and me.
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The Eglinton River Valley abloom with Russell Lupins in New Zealand

russell lupins, eglinton river valley, fiordland national park, new zealand

While staying for a few days in Te Anau on the South Island, Bob and I made frequent trips into Fiordland National Park.  Panoramic views of the landscape were spectacular and in places made even more beautiful by broad swaths of Russell Lupins that grow in abundance there. Read more