This map illustration of New Zealand in watercolour is an ode to this beautiful country in the continent of Oceania.
At the end of 2012, I had the opportunity to explore this beautiful country on a road trip for 5 weeks.
These are the places and areas I visited during this trip:
Coromandel, Rotorua, Taurangi, Tongariro Alpine Crossing, Mount Ruapehu, Mount Ngauruhoe, Wellington, Picton, Blenheim, Nelson, Motueka, Torrent Bay and along the Buller River to Charleston, Punakaiki (Pancake Rocks), Greymouth, Hokitika, Haast, Jackson Bay and via Haast Pass to Lake Hawea, Lake Wanaka, Wanaka (town), Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, Te Anau, Lake Te Anau, Milford Sound and via Manapouri to Bluff and the ferry to Oban on Stewart Island. By ferry back to the mainland towards Dunedin, Moeraki, Oamaru, Twizel, Tekapo, Lake tekapo, Lake Lyndon, Castle Hill, Lake Pearson and along the Waimakarri River to Arthurs Pass and final stop Christchurch. Flying to Sydney for a week to celebrate New Year's Eve and then back to Auckland to fly back to the Netherlands via Hong Kong.
In other words, a trip to remember and a map as a nice memento of this wonderful adventure.
WorldMapsShop is part of a creative design studio producing artistic cartography and paintings. The person behind World MapsShop is Ricardo Bouman, who works as a graphic designer, photographer and painter.
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