Mount Ngauruhoe covered with snow

Here's a sweet photo I took of Mount Ngauruhoe in 2011.

I love the shot of the chair lift just creeping by!

This photo is taken from the Whakapapa Skifields on Mount Ruapehu which is in the Tongariro National Park.

Keen Lord of the Rings fans will also note the mountain ranges found in this park served as Mordor in the Peter Jackson films.

2012 Wellington Sevens Costumes, Cosplay and Outfits

Sevens Costumes, Cosplay and Outfits 2012

The Wellington Sevens. Every year, rugby players turn up from around the world to play the shortened version of the game.

Wellington sees it as an opportunity to dress up in costume and go crazier than the Famous Five or Secret Seven ever could.

Here’s some photos from the 2012 event and you can see they are just as good as last year’s costumed capers. 

A Taste of Asia

Babies. 

Brides to be looking for handsome players?

That's gotta hurt. Maybe a zombie girl got him.

Oh dear.

Pusssssayyyyy Patrol

Pash and Dash!

Tasty Pavlova Girls

She's going to kill you, Dick: Poison Ivy Cosplay

Pop Corn girls about to pop out

Where's um... Wally?

Smurftastic

Toy Soldiers on the lookout

Weekend that Was: Tongariro Crossing

Pretty Simple weekend for Jimmy Jangles:

Te Wife and some of my colleagues made like trampers and followed the much walked Tongariro Crossing, a 19km hike through Tongariro National Park. It's hard yakka in parts but full of great views. It even has reception and I was able to tweet from the base of Mount Ngarahoe! Technology eh? What would the world have been like if Ed Hilary had twittered "We knocked the bastard off!"?

I did the Tongariro trip in 2005, I'm sure u'll agree I'm still  just as handsome as I ever was....sadly for us their was a little bit of cloud so we couldn't see much of Tongario or Ruapehu, but as we got to the other side the canvas of Lake Taupo was pretty cool!

Woke up on Sunday with legs like concrete and they refused to move but somehow we made it to see Black Swan. Who knew ballet could be so entertaining? I hope Natalie Portman gets an Oscar award; and with her literally crazy performance she's got a good chance.

In other news, Banarama went top of the charts in Egypt.