New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Curio Bay Petrified Forest, an internationally renowned fossilised forest, dating from the Jurassic period.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Curio Bay Petrified Forest, an internationally renowned fossilised forest, dating from the Jurassic period.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Curio Bay Petrified Forest, an internationally renowned fossilised forest, dating from the Jurassic period.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Curio Bay Petrified Forest, an internationally renowned fossilised forest, dating from the Jurassic period.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Curio Bay Petrified Forest, an internationally renowned fossilised forest, dating from the Jurassic period.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Curio Bay Petrified Forest, an internationally renowned fossilised forest, dating from the Jurassic period.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Curio Bay Petrified Forest, an internationally renowned fossilised forest, dating from the Jurassic period.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Curio Bay Petrified Forest, an internationally renowned fossilised forest, dating from the Jurassic period.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Curio Bay Petrified Forest, an internationally renowned fossilised forest, dating from the Jurassic period.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Looking across the golden sands of Porpoise Bay shortly after sunrise.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Dawn looking towards the Brothers Point, viewed from Porpoise Bay.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. View looking towards Curio Bay from South Head.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Waves crash on rocks near South Head, the headland seperating Curio Bay from Porpoise Bay.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Matai Falls in the Catlins Forest Park.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Tourist admiring the Cathedral caves.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Abstract view of tourists exploring the Cathedral caves.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Tourists admiring the Cathedral caves.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Dense native bush on a tramping trail through the Catlins Forest Park near the town of Papatowai.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Lush vegetation meets the rocky coastline of the Catlins Forest Park near the town of Papatowai.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Lush vegetation meets the rocky coastline of the Catlins Forest Park near the town of Papatowai.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. A storm clears from above Tahakopa Bay near the town of Papatowai.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. A storm brews over Tahakopa Bay near the town of Papatowai.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Nugget Point, located at the northern end of the Catlins coast.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Nugget Point, located at the northern end of the Catlins coast.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Nugget Point, located at the northern end of the Catlins coast.

New Zealand, Otago, The Catlins. Sand ripples along the rugged Catlins coast of Cannibal Bay.

New Zealand, Otago, The Catlins. Hooker's Sea Lions resting along the rugged Catlins coast of Cannibal Bay.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Abstract view of the Purakaunui Falls in the Catlins Forest Park.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Purakaunui Falls surrounded by native woodland and bush in the Catlins Forest Park.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Purakaunui Falls in the Catlins Forest Park.

New Zealand, Southland, The Catlins. Purakaunui Falls surrounded by native woodland and bush in the Catlins Forest Park.

New Zealand, Otago, The Catlins. Sandy beach and rocky outcrops of Purakaunui Bay.

New Zealand, Otago, The Catlins. Tidal stream running accross the sandy beach of Purakaunui Bay.

New Zealand, Otago, The Catlins. Sandy beach and wind sculptured native bush of Purakaunui Bay.

New Zealand, Otago, The Catlins. Sandy beach and wind sculptured native bush of Purakaunui Bay.

New Zealand, Otago, The Catlins. Sandy beach and wind sculptured native bush of Purakaunui Bay.

New Zealand, Canterbury, Mt Cook National Park. Valleys and mountain peaks of the Mount Cook National Park near the Hooker Valley.

New Zealand, Canterbury, Mt Cook National Park. Storm clouds hug the peak of the mighty Mt Cook (known to the Maori as Aoraki) the highest peak in Australasia at 3755M.

Chile, Valparaíso V, Parque Nacional La Campanan. Sunset behind the mountains of the National Park.

Chile, Valparaíso V, Parque Nacional La Campanan. Sunset behind the mountains of the National Park.

Chile, Valparaíso V, Parque Nacional La Campana. View from the peak of Cerro La Campana – a popular mountain hike in the national park.

Chile, Valparaíso V, Parque Nacional La Campana. Graffiti on the rocks of the mountain peak of Cerro La Campana.

Chile, Valparaíso V, Parque Nacional La Campana. Graffiti on the rocks of the mountain peak of Cerro La Campana.

Chile, Valparaíso V, Parque Nacional La Campana. Graffiti on the rocks of the mountain peak of Cerro La Campana.

Chile, Valparaíso V, Parque Nacional La Campana. The Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea) in a spiders web with spider eggs on the floor of the National Park.

Chile, Valparaíso V, Parque Nacional La Campana. The Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea) in a spiders web with spider eggs on the floor of the National Park.

Chile, Valparaíso V, Parque Nacional La Campana. The Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea) in a spiders web with spider eggs on the floor of the National Park.

Chile, Valparaíso V, Parque Nacional La Campana. The Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea) in a spiders web with spider eggs on the floor of the National Park.

Chile, Valparaíso V, Parque Nacional La Campana. The Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea) camouflaged in the forest floor of the National Park.

Chile, Atacama Desert, Plaza Quitor. Carved face in the stone wall of the Atacama Desert near the Plaza Quitor.