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A tough week digging out fifty dead vines, of which twenty-one were the Parellada we planted in 2019, just before the drought hit (they never stood a chance!). Rebuilding the #vineyard with only a pick and a shovel is no mean feat with a trellis in the way. I’ll certainly be glad when it’s done… 😅⛏️🍇

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Hit the ground running, with a little piquette dégorgement… 😉🥂🍾 #SparklingWine #rosado #rosé #wine

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Got to say, Doha International Airport is both the biggest and fanciest airport we have ever transited through… 😉📷✈️ #Travel #Photography #Doha

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The tranquil Queenstown Peninsula… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100 f11 1/250s #NewZealand #Photography #queenstown #travelphotography #travel

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Following in the footsteps of the first European, John Grono, to enter Milford Sound from the Tasman Sea, NZ, we make our modest journey 216 years later… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100 f11 1/125s #NewZealand #photography #travelphotography #travel #milfordsound

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Napier nights… 😉📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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The waterside view of Lake Taupō, which if you squint a little, you’ll see the Guinness pub through the trees on the left hand side that’s definitely worth a visit… 😉📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography #Travel

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Turns out there’s a Storm in Napier; but fortunately it has nothing to do with bad weather… 😉📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography #travelphotography #travel #napier

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The glacier-fed spring of Monkey Creek, which is in the Hollyford Valley en route to Milford Sound, NZ… 😉📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography #travelphotography #travel #monkeycreek #milfordsound

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The sculpted landscape of Wai-O-Tapu, Rotorua… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100 f13 1/160s #NewZealand #Photography #travelphotography #travel #waiotapu

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Named after Mount Earnslaw, a 2889m high peak on Lake Wakatipu, TSS Earnslaw is the largest steamship built in New Zealand… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 80~200mm f2.8L ISO 100 f11 1/400s #NewZealand #Photography #travelphotography #queenstown #tssearnslaw

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Lake Taupō, formed in a crater roughly 25,600 years ago, it has a perimeter of around 193km and a depth of approximately 186m. Small it is not… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 80~200mm f2.8L ISO 100 f22 1/1250s #NewZealand #Photography #travelphotography #travel

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The picturesque Atlas Beer cafe (even though this is the back door!), Queenstown, NZ… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100 f10 1/80s #NewZealand #Photography #travelphotography #travel

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The geothermal landscape of Wai-O-Tapu, North Island, New Zealand… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 80~200mm f2.8L ISO 100 f7.1 1/640s #photography #newzealand #waiotapu #travel

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The edge of the mangrove along the Conifer Grove Esplanade Reserve in Takanini, NZ… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100 f14 1/250s #photography #travelphotography #newzealand #canon

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Queenstown sunsets… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100 f5 1/30s #NewZealand #Photography #travel #travelphotography

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The geothermal landscape of Wai-O-Tapu, North Island, New Zealand… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100 f14 1/160s #photography #newzealand #waiotapu

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Took the ferry out to Waiheke Island, just off Auckland, for a spot of wine tasting… 😉🍷📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Taking a walk along the Conifer Grove Esplanade Reserve in Takanini… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100 f14 1/200s #photography #newzealand #travelphotography #travel #canon

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Built in 1912, the coal-fired steamship TSS Earnslaw is one of Queenstown’s main attractions, offering pleasure cruises across the South Island’s Lake Wakatipu… 😉📷🚢🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 80~200mm f2.8L ISO 100 f9 1/400s #Photography #NewZealand

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With a 162m cascade, Bowen Falls in the Milford Sound is a picturesque waterfall immediately visible at the start of the cruise that took us through the Fjord towards the Tasman Sea… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100 f11 1/160s #photography #newzealand #milfordsound #bowenfalls

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En route to #MilfordSound, along the Eglinton Valley, we made a brief stop to take in the view of Mirror Lakes from the boardwalk. It was the only time the mozzies came out to bite us whilst we were visiting the South Island… 😳📷🦟🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100 f11 1/125s #photography

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A little splash of colour from Piha Beach… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100 f11 1/400s #NewZealand #Photography #travelphotography #travel #pihabeach

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Early evening light over Lake Taupō on the North Island. With a surface area of 616 km2, it is the largest lake in New Zealand. Breathtaking… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 80~200mm f2.8L ISO 100 f9 1/500s #NewZealand #Photography #travelphotography #travel #laketaupō

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Looking across to the volcanic Rangitoto Island, from the Maungauika/North Head Historic Reserve in Devonport, Auckland, NZ… 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 200 f14 1/400s #Photography #NewZealand

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Auckland skyline, North Island, NZ. 😉📷🇳🇿 Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100 f13 1/250s #Photography #NewZealand

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SOOC! Well, almost… 😉📷🇳🇿 : The incredible geothermal Champagne Pool, Wai-O-Tapu, North Island, NZ. : Canon 1Ds Mk2 Canon EF 17~35mm f2.8L ISO 100_f14_1/250s #Photography #NewZealand

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Surf’s up on Raglans’ Manu Bay, known locally as “The Point”, North Island, NZ… 😉🏄🏻‍♂️📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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The volcanic landscape of Wai-O-Tapu, New Zealand. The smell of sulphur certainly cleared up the sinuses… 😉📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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A rather overcast day to look down upon a familiar view, as we return from a month long trip visiting family in New Zealand, and partaking in a whirlwind tour of an amazing country… 😅📷✈️🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Spain #Photography

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Can’t believe this will be our last night in NZ… 😢🫶🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Auckland sunsets are the best… 😍📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Adios, Queenstown… 😉✈️📷😳 #NewZealand #Photography

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Last night in Queenstown before heading back to the North Island… 😉📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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A little bus-hop up to Arrowtown, a traditional “Wild West” prospectors town. Very pretty, if you look past all the modern SUV’s… 😉🚘📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Explored the magnificent Fiordlands of Milford Sound (Piopiotahi), with a round trip out on the Milford Monarch to the Tasman Sea and back… 😍🚢📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Took a walk along the Queenstown Peninsula, and then carried on to Frankton Marina. I guess we burnt off a few calories, as it turned out to be a 14 Km hike… 😳🥾📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Heading down to the South Island for a few days, and the picturesque Queenstown region… 😎🛩️📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Took the ferry out to Waiheke Island for a tour and a gastro lunch at Mudbrick vineyard & Restaurant. I must say, the ‘21 Reserve Syrah went beautifully with the duck… 😋🍷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Syrah

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A quiet day spent around the ‘boro… 😉📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Headed out to Mission Bay in Auckland for handmade ice cream from the amazing Kapiti Ice Cream parlour. Couldn’t resist the mango cone before striding out along the seafront… 😋🍦📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Took a hike around the Waiuku Forest in southwest Auckland, which is a 1000 Ha forestry site open to the public. Parallel to a non-touristy black sand beach, it was another beautiful day in NZ… 😉📷🥾🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Headed over to Piha Beach, a black-sand beach famous for surfing on the western coast of Auckland. A crazy blue-sky day with a wind that cut straight through you… 😉📷🏄🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Napier by twilight… 😍📷🇳🇿 #Photography #NewZealand

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Stumbled across something dear to my heart as a #PressPhotographer; a newspaper building! Although The Daily Telegraph relocated in 1999, this was the third building on this site, opened in 1933 after a quake, and a testament to the beauty of the Art Deco era… 😍📷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Hired bikes and cycled the 21 Km’s to Elephant Hill Winery and its neighbour Clearview Estate for a wine tasting. I can’t over emphasise how long it’s been since I rode a pushbike… 🥴🚴🏻🍷🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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Watched the opening of the dam at Aratiatia, and the ensuing rapids that followed as over 65K/litres per second of water were released… 😉📷💦🇳🇿 #NewZealand #Photography

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