Mm Links January 2013 Week 3 – New Contestants Always Welcome.

[Christiana]

This is Queen Christiana, the Cheerful one, continuing with her travels in the Southern Hemisphere and inviting you to guess the links she has chosen, rules in separate posting below.

This week we journey to the Land of the Long White Cloud – New Zealand. South Island is utterly amazing with its glaciers, spectacular scenery and Alpine Express Railway. It was also heartbreaking to witness many of Christchurch’s oldest and finest buildings still standing but scheduled for demolition well over a year after the earthquake of February 2011, due to invisible but deadly structural damage.

For us, the real revelation was the highly scenic but unsung Banks Peninsula. It was formed as the result of violent eruptions, millions of years ago, forming natural harbours, bay and inlets. We stayed in quaintly beautiful Akaroa and enjoyed every minute of it.

In North Island we visited Hobbiton – the ‘home’ setting for the Lord of the Rings films, the art deco town of Napier, and the mind-boggling thermally active areas in and around Rotorua, also fitting in visits to various relatives. Less edifying perhaps, we also discovered what a ‘long-drop’ toilet is, travelled for a while on the Naked Bus, and hired a car from Jucy Car Rentals. The latter was clearly labelled in the back window, “El Cheapo”. Oh, the shame of it.

[fordward]

Harbour Lights
Bonny Banks
Bay bush
Thermal Clothing

[beejay1124]

pearl harbour
city banks
bay watch
thermal vest

[kawakiri]

Harbour seal
Sand banks
Bay leaf
Thermal springs

[kettledrum]

Pearl Harbour
Bottle banks
Rose bay
Thermal imaging

[patchett]

Morning all

PEARL harbour
SAND banks
bay WINDOW
thermal VEST

[Elspeth]

Harbour master
Merchant banks
Cardigan bay
Thermal spring

[jobjockey]

Sydney Harbour
Swiss Banks
Botany Bay
Thermal Vest

[Handbaglady]

Harbour lights
Bay watch
Thermal vest (with the cold weather we need them)
Piggy banks

[Psybbo]

Good morning all, I'll try
HARBOUR lights
river BANKS
BAY horse
THERMAL wear

[wickedtongue]

Good Morning

Harbour Dues
BanksIdes
Loading Bay
Thermal Spring

[seekeerz]

Pearl Harbour
Sand Banks
Bay Leaf
Thermal Undies

[baza]

SAFE harbour
RIVER banks
BOTANY bay
thermal VEST.

[cupid04]

harbour master

piggy banks

Colwyn Bay

thermal shock

[LaneyB]

Pearl Harbour
Sand Banks
Botany Bay
Thermal Vest

[2unicorns]

Harbour master
Blood banks
Bay Leaf
Thermal Springs

[ChrisHewat]

Good afternoon – SHAZZA is going with:

Harbour LIGHTS
SAND Banks
Bay LEAF
Thermal VEST

And I’m going for:

Harbour MASTER
RIVER Banks
Bay ROAN
Thermal IMAGE

[cliffyg]

harbour lights
merchant banks
bay window
thermal reactor

[Eiggam]

Harbour Lights
World Banks
Bay Leaves
Thermal Undies

[x-ray]

HARBOUR LIGHTS
SAVINGS BANKS
BAY TREE
THERMAL VEST

[twix123]

Thanks Queen C and good morning all. I'll try:

Harbour PILOT
RESERVE Banks
Bay WINDOW
Thermal SPRING