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My brother, Paul, making a monster/zombie face in front of a tombstone at the Symonds street cemetery just to be funny. LOL XD :)
This was at the historic Auckland Symonds Street Cemetery, which is located right underneath the 1910-built Grafton Bridge, which is a large arch bridge going over the Grafton Gully. The cemetery is an awesome cemetery with a very creepy and old appearance to it, and I thought it was a cool place to visit. :)
Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand, with approximately 1.4 million people, nearly ? of New Zealand's population.

This was taken on day 3 of our family trip to New Zealand and Australia (days 1 and 2 were spent flying).
Our Trip Summary:
Day 3 (June 15): Spent the day walking around Auckland. Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand with almost 1.4 million people, nearly ? of New Zealand's population.
Day 4 ( June 16): All-day Motorcoach tour to Waitangi (pronounced why tang eee), and the Bay of Islands, where we went on a long boat ride.
Day 5 (June 17): All-day Motorcoach tour to the Waitomo Glow Worm Caves (pronounced like why toe moe), and from there we went to an awesome and fun farm just outside of the city of Rotorua (population 68,000, named after Lake Rotorua, a lake formed from a volcanic caldera), and from there went to a Maori (pronounced Maw ree) reservation where we saw an aboriginal performance, and also went to the Rotorua Hot Springs.
Day 6 (June 18): We took the Overlander passenger train from Auckland (on the north side of the North Island) to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, on the south side of the North Island. The New Zealand rail gauge is 3 feet 6 inches (107.7 cm), which is 3/4 (or 75%) of the North American standard gauge.
Day 7 (June 19): We spent the day in Wellington, going to a cool museum and riding on their steep cable car. New Zealand cities are very hilly (with very large hills), kind of like San Francisco.
Day 8 (June 20): We took a ferry from Wellington, on the North Island to a small town called Picton, on the South Island, and then took the TranzCoastal train from Picton to Christchurch, New Zealand.
Day 9 (June 21): We went skiing on Mount Hutt at Methaven, about 71 miles (115 km) outside of Christchurch. It was so fun!!!
Day 10 (June 22): After touring the Christchurch Cathedral in the morning, we took a flight from Christchurch to Sydney, Australia.
Day 11 (June 23): We spent the day around Sydney. We went to the aquarium, then in the afternoon, we took the SydneyLink electrified commuter rail train, with standard 4 foot 8? inch (143.5 inches) gauge to Mount Colah, Australia, where we ate at a friend's house.
Day 12 (June 24): We took a coach tour to a nature center near Sydney, and from there went to the Blue Mountains where we rode the world's steepest railway and saw the Three Sisters. We then went back to Sydney
Days 13 (Sydney to Los Angeles) and 14 (Los Angeles To St. Louis) were spent getting back home to the St. Louis area. 14 hour flights suck, and that's the only negative part about having to take an awesome trip like this (besides, of course, the cost, LOL :)
Since my dad's a pilot, we got huge discounts on flights and hotels, so it was almost as cheap for us as it is for an average person to take a domestic flight on a domestic trip. :)

Dolphins leaping behind the wake of the boat. The dolphins are very social (according to the announcer and captain), and come up frequently enough that the crew has given each dolphin a name :)
This was on our Bay of Islands boat tour. It was an awesome tour where we saw dolphins up close and RODE THROUGH HOLE IN THE ROCK on the boat. :)

This was taken on Day 4 of our family trip to New Zealand & Australia. On this day we took an all-day motorcoach tour to the Bay of Islands and the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
Our Trip Summary:
Day 3 (June 15): Spent the day walking around Auckland. Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand with almost 1.4 million people, nearly ? of New Zealand's population.
Day 4 ( June 16): All-day Motorcoach tour to Waitangi (pronounced why tang eee), and the Bay of Islands, where we went on a long boat ride.
Day 5 (June 17): All-day Motorcoach tour to the Waitomo Glow Worm Caves (pronounced like why toe moe), and from there we went to an awesome and fun farm just outside of the city of Rotorua (population 68,000, named after Lake Rotorua, a lake formed from a volcanic caldera), and from there went to a Maori (pronounced Maw ree) reservation where we saw an aboriginal performance, and also went to the Rotorua Hot Springs.
Day 6 (June 18): We took the Overlander passenger train from Auckland (on the north side of the North Island) to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, on the south side of the North Island. The New Zealand rail gauge is 3 feet 6 inches (107.7 cm), which is 3/4 (or 75%) of the North American standard gauge.
Day 7 (June 19): We spent the day in Wellington, going to a cool museum and riding on their steep cable car. New Zealand cities are very hilly (with very large hills), kind of like San Francisco.
Day 8 (June 20): We took a ferry from Wellington, on the North Island to a small town called Picton, on the South Island, and then took the TranzCoastal train from Picton to Christchurch, New Zealand.
Day 9 (June 21): We went skiing on Mount Hutt at Methaven, about 71 miles (115 km) outside of Christchurch. It was so fun!!!
Day 10 (June 22): After touring the Christchurch Cathedral in the morning, we took a flight from Christchurch to Sydney, Australia.
Day 11 (June 23): We spent the day around Sydney. We went to the aquarium, then in the afternoon, we took the SydneyLink electrified commuter rail train, with standard 4 foot 8? inch (143.5 inches) gauge to Mount Colah, Australia, where we ate at a friend's house.
Day 12 (June 24): We took a coach tour to a nature center near Sydney, and from there went to the Blue Mountains where we rode the world's steepest railway and saw the Three Sisters. We then went back to Sydney
Days 13 (Sydney to Los Angeles) and 14 (Los Angeles To St. Louis) were spent getting back home to the St. Louis area. 14 hour flights suck, and that's the only negative part about having to take an awesome trip like this (besides, of course, the cost, LOL :)
Since my dad's a pilot, we got huge discounts on flights and hotels, so it was almost as cheap for us as it is for an average person to take a domestic flight on a domestic trip. :)