Laurence Skilton Photography

 Paradise New Zealand A few years ago we I looked at an online map of the South Island New Zealand and saw a place marked Paradise, researching further I found a picture of a road sign on the road to Paradise which said 'Paradise no exit'. Well that caught my imagination and we decided we would have to see such a place.  Here in pictures I present Paradise, too get there you go to Glenorchy at the othere end of the lake from Queenstown on the South Island. You travel on a gravel road that crosses the River Jordan, merely a stream, then through a stand of trees called the gates of heaven and soon turn left up to the property called Paradise and on that property there is a large padlock called Eden.

 Launceston Tasmania at night As evening draws on so the lights emerge The Launceston seaport is at the inland extremity of the Tamar where the marina restaurants and cafes line the boardwalk. The silo converted to a hotel The bridge across the water is illuminated at night and in warmer weather is alive with people.  Light through thed trees in darkness on David Street The fountain in the Quadrant

  Holly bank Forest on the road to Lillydale in Tasmanian north  

 Foul Wind Point  on the west coast of New Zealand South Island       Early morning in autumn of 2014 this magical place on the West coast not far from Westport held us spellbound as the spray ascended like a shroud to bless the sky.

Tasmanian mountains   The Western Tiers rise up as a three thousand ft rock wall above the Norfolk plains  After ascending the Tiers the highlands stretch out as a world of contrast to the lowlands where rocks and twisted gum trees reign Across the Norfolk plains Blessington lies at the foot of Benlomond and the  forrest roads are often iced and snowed.