Wharariki Beach, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand

    The first shot from my New Zealand road trip! New Zealand is such a beautiful, clean and epic country. In our 3 week road trip we managed to see plenty; driving from the North to South Island. Each drive took us through national parks, past lakes, mountains, rivers and beautiful coast lines. We had to stop every few miles - there was so much to take photos of across the ever changing landscapes.

    The road trip consisted of:

    2796 miles driven across the North and South Islands (with a ferry trip in-between). An average of 2.3 hours a day
    10 National parks visited including Te Urewera, Whanganui, Tongariro, Abel Tasman, Kahurangi, Paparora, Nelson Lakes, Arthur's Pass, Westland, Aoraki
    100+ Mountains including Mt Cook, Mt Ruapehu (aka Mt Doom), Mt Ngauruhoe, Mt Adams, Mt Sefton, Mt John, Mt Tasman
    50+ Lakes including Lake Taupo, Lake Tekapo, Lake Matheson, Lake Pukaki, Lake Rotorua
    12 Cities & towns slept in, including Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland, Rotorua, Taupo, Kaikoura, Twizel, Greymouth, Takaka
    6 Beaches including Wharariki Beach, Hot Water Beach, Wharekho Beach
    3 Glaciers walked to. They were the Fox Glacier, Franz Josef Glacier & Tasman Glaciers
    2 Thermal Parks, Orakei Korako & Whakarewarewa
    856 Photos taken, 23 gigs worth. 101 editing & liked
    5 Lime shakes drunk (amazing!)
    2 Kiwi burgers eaten
    3 Animals killed by the car (1 cat, 2 small birds) ;(
    0 Wild kiwis’s seen (but we did see 2 captive so they are defiantly not mythical)

    Highlights would be Skydiving over Lake Taupo, driving through Arthur's Pass, Wharariki Beach in the golden bay was stunning (that’s where this photo was taken), Lake Tekapo and the surrounding glaciers were also incredible.

    19 gigs worth of memory cards didn't last me long, I ended up having to buy another 4 while out there and every night I would delete any I didn't like from the day - which was a pretty tough to do! I have 101 photos from the trip I like (from 856) I get them on Flickr over the next few weeks.

    Hope everyone is well I’ll catch up with everyone and there streams very soon :)

    As always, bigger is better!

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    1. ★

      Heniusia (Absent), Debbie Hickey, heledd, heledd, photos and tea, and 124 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Ricky Phoolka (40 months ago | reply)

      Stunning shot Adam, can't wait to see the rest. These are truly going to be epic, makes me wish I was there. Top work!

    3. imdna... (40 months ago | reply)

      sounds like a great adventure... and from the looks of this first post a beautiful one as well...

    4. Heniusia (Absent) (40 months ago | reply)

      Superb picture, Adam ...just stunning !!!I love the light, tone, glow, perspective ....! Bravo !

    5. Debbie Hickey (40 months ago | reply)

      beautiful capture Adam, well done. great reflection.

    6. Kyle Shrives (40 months ago | reply)

      OOOOOHHHHH YEA Adz dude!!! Such a nice shot as always, cant wait to see the rest :) Hope everything is sweet with you. Where you going to go next?

    7. heledd, heledd (40 months ago | reply)

      My god this is amazing! Yay for New Zealand photos! Ohhh can't wait to see more and brilliant to hear you had an amazing time! x

    8. photos and tea (40 months ago | reply)

      This is fantastic! Can't wait to see more. Sounds like you had an amazing trip!

    9. *~Dawn~* (40 months ago | reply)

      Wow! I love the lines in the sand. Beautiful pic. It sounds like a wonderful trip for all (except the cat and the birds). Can't wait to see your pics. I would love to do a roadtrip through NZ.

    10. ladybugdiscovery (40 months ago | reply)

      wow you did have a wonderful adventure, I am so looking forward to your pictures. the perspective on this is very cool.

    11. Adam Foster | Codefor (40 months ago | reply)

      Cheers dude, I finally finished all the editing. Makes me want to go back for some more..

      thank you, was 100% worth the long flights. Such an amazing place :)

      Yeah all good cheers, hows the final year going? If you get a spare evening anytime soon we have to meet for some food again.

      Canada, Australia, Iceland all on the list. Need to save up again first tho :/

      Yeah, was lucky it was only 2 birds they seem to fly toward the car not away :/ I would highly recommend, 3 weeks was a little short... 3 months would of been better! Theres so much to see and do

    12. Album lost (40 months ago | reply)

      amazing

    13. jaikdean (40 months ago | reply)

      Excellent, I'm looking forward to more shots. I was in NZ a year back and I agree, it's a stunningly beautiful part of the world, hoping to go back next year!

      Did you do the Tongariro crossing when you were at Taupo?

    14. Titi92. (40 months ago | reply)

      This image is splendid ! I love the sand like milk, I love the composition and reflections, beautiful tones there which add a lot to the quality, congrats, it's a fantastic image, instant fave !
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    15. Titi92. (40 months ago | reply)

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    16. Sam Thomas Photography (40 months ago | reply)

      Incredible!!!

    17. -Mina- (40 months ago | reply)

      aww Im so jealous! i wanna go to NZ too..this picture is really beautiful! liking the ripples and reflection a lot

    18. ~ Maria ~ (40 months ago | reply)

      Wooow, amazing! I didn't know you where there - this is a gorgeous shot, amazing tones and beautiful reflections. Looking forward to see more photos from your trip!

    19. TheGirlAtTheRockShow (40 months ago | reply)

      spectacular! can't wait for more photos from your trip. my master studies might lead me to a semester abroad in NZ so i'm especially curious about your experiences.

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    20. PAL1970 (40 months ago | reply)

      Such a wonderful image
      Love it

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    21. Adam Foster | Codefor (39 months ago | reply)

      thank you :)

      Ahh thats awesome :) No unfortunately didn't do it, its on the list to do next time tho!

      Thats awesome, just send me a flickr mail if you ever want to know anything from my trip :)

    22. RogerAF (Find A Photographer) (39 months ago | reply)

      Aw man - awesome summary!!! Sounds like an amazing trip! Hope you didn't get in too much trouble from the other half! ;-)

      Amazing photo - looking forward to the rest! My fiance and I met in Taupo - so I've got lots of great memories from there!

      talk to you soon

    23. Cannibal Duck (39 months ago | reply)

      This photos are great Adam, really makes me want to take a trip.

    24. Spring Noel (39 months ago | reply)

      Awesome shot, what an amazing place!

    25. Adam Foster | Codefor (39 months ago | reply)

      cheers dude, you should do it!

      yeah one of my favourite :)

      Yeah it was fab, I didn't know you had been to NZ? Thats awesome dude how did you meet out there??

    26. Kyle Shrives (39 months ago | reply)

      Sorry man, just realised that you asked me a question hehe *bullet to the head*. I'll be honest its hard...stupidly hard work but meh you know me ;) hehe Still hoping to get a first but most importantly I want a job afterwards so we'll just see :D

      We all have to save for our travels :P Again....sweet shot dude, cant wait to see even more of your travel shots :D

    27. sacro guerrero (39 months ago | reply)

      soberbia!

    28. Chrean [deleted] (39 months ago | reply)

      Nice reflection and PoV.

      The World Through My Eyes

    29. Samyra Serin (39 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful tones

      The World Through My Eyes

    30. fuerst (39 months ago | reply)

      great shot!
      The World Through My Eyes

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    31. B Jones Jr [deleted] (39 months ago | reply)

      Lovely use of lines.

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    32. NZBTfly (39 months ago | reply)

      One of my Fav places in NZ, Great Shot! thxs :)

    33. nicole.ln (39 months ago | reply)

      this is a gorgeous shot

    34. Sati Kobashi (on and off) (39 months ago | reply)

      Fantastic!!

    35. Tom Poynton (39 months ago | reply)

      Three weeks?! Christ, I didn't see enough in ten months! ;-)

      I loved Wharariki Beach, awesome place, and a really nice shot

    36. Ben Crawford Photography (39 months ago | reply)

      Great photo Adam. A favourite.

    37. fake_plastic_earth (38 months ago | reply)

      so beautiful

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