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I’ve just uploaded two sets of photos.

The first set is of Abel Tasman National Park (at the top of the South Island) where Lydia and I went for our honeymoon (we stayed at Awaroa Lodge). The sand is golden and the sea is a beautiful emerald colour making it a stunning part of New Zealand.

Equally beautiful is Mt Aspiring National Park which features in this second set of photos (these were taken around Otago and Southland. After Abel Tasman, we stayed some nights in Queenstown before heading to Lydia’s parent’s farm in Southland.

I did joke about it once, but I just received an email from Yahoo! about their NZ Yahoo!Xtra competition asking for permission to exhibit this photo at the Art Lounge at the Auckland Art Gallery, from 06 March - 09 March 08.
This is part of the message:

“Thank you for entering your photograph in the Yahoo!Xtra “Win a trip around the world” competition with Flickr. The judges are going through all the entries now and we will be announcing the winner of the competition on 28 February 08.
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To celebrate some of the fantastic photographs entered in the competition we are holding an exhibition at the Art Lounge at the Auckland Art Gallery, from 06 March -09 March 08.

We love your photograph 20D-2007-12-12 203 … and would very much like to include it in this exhibition, which will be viewed by special guests in the photographic industry and the NZ public, alike. We will of course be accrediting your photograph to you as the creator of the image.”

Not quite a permanent placement in the art gallery, but it’s a start ;) Hopefully someone will take a photo (of my photo) as I’m not going to be in Auckland then…