New Zealand, March, 2010

Oracle HQ to Auckland Auckland to Rotorua Rotorua to Wellington to Christchurch to Timaru to Oamaru Oamaru to Fox Glacier via the Rain Forest to Christchurch Return to Wellington and Auckland

Arriving in Auckland at around 5:15am I breezed through customs as and the car rental with hardly a thought. Good thing ... it was 5:00am. I walked out of the airport, crossed the drive, and bumped into Dr. Tim Hall waiting to pick up another weary traveller. Tim had some sage advise that I followed religiously the entire time I was "in country." Just because something is a gravel road ... doesn't mean it isn't the main highway. Excellent advise. Sometimes the largest highway in the country IS a gravel road. In fact not just sometimes ... often as you will see on this page.

This too is the biggest highway in the country just south of Auckland   And yes this too is the biggest highway in the country a bit further south   Advanced Quonset Huts: Project 1 Advanced Quonset Huts: Project 2   Advanced Quonset Huts: Project 1... another view   But then you turn off onto Hwy 5 and head into Rotorua   Millennium Hotel: Rotorua   Time to learn something about Maori culture   Non-Maori Culture   Non-Maori Culture   Kuirau Park   Kuirau Park   Fish & Chips at Fat Dog   Conference in a caldera   NZOUG President Francisco Munoz Alvarez   Conference Keynote Address   Conference Keynote Room   Francisco shows up at his own booth   Oracle's Conference Booth   Oracle's Other Conference Booth