New Zealand wedding number two

Snow-capped Mount Egmont/Taranaki

The second wedding was up on the North Island in New Plymouth which lies at the foot of the spectacular Mount Egmont or Mount Taranaki depending upon how politically correct you want to be.

 Native forest

Apparently the volcano is not extinct

We only had time for a long weekend but I managed to take myself off into the native forest on the lower slopes of the volcano as well as attending the cricket with my father-in-law at the marvellous Pukekura Park.

The quirky Pukekura Park

Bird-watching was again useless but I did manage to get Little Black Shag NZ#71 at the cricket and Emily spotted a group of Wild Turkeys NZ#72 as we sped back up the road to Auckland.

 Christmas turkey