Holiday By Proxy?

"What on earth are you waffling about today?" I hear you mutter as you read the title. You'll soon understand. My Blogtastic NZ niece has returned from her holiday with a plethora of pictures which she's permitted me to rifle through and re-post for your delight.
Where do I start? Hmmm...spoilt for choice - but how about this bird's eye view for starters?

 

or would you rather back off a little... so you can

admire the headgear...

and I've had an afterthought, strictly for the birds, you might say -

The peacock wears a feathered hat

and very fine he looks
with it's rippling shades of blue and green -
but a cockscomb's red, which woos the chooks!