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Not Tall Enough

Not Tall Enough, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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Xavier taking a peek at us over the table

Motherly Love

Motherly Love, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

Heading Out

Heading Out, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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I just managed to take a portrait of Olivia amidst all the chaos of organising an outing

Messina Gelato

Messina Gelato, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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Gelato shop in Surry Hills serves really good ice cream.

Olivia's favourite.

Grassland

Grassland, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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This must be somewhere around Kaitaia. The journey to Cape Reinga is full of sceneries like this which you would never grow tired of.

Te Paki

Te Paki, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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On the way back from Cape Reinga, I drove into Te Paki just for a look at the sand dune. I could not believe my eyes when I climbed up the mountain of sand, the dune stretches as far as your eyes can see.

I did not feel like walking further into the dune as I was alone and without any mobile phone signal, but this place was pretty amazing.

90 Miles Beach

90 Miles Beach, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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90 miles beach is stretched as far as your eyes can see. Amazing sights along the coast during the road trip back from Cape Reinga

Britomart Transport Centre

Britomart Transport Centre, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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A nightshot of the Britomart Transport Centre in Auckland

Cape Reinga

Cape Reinga, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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I woke up at 5am in the morning and drove 40 minutes from Te Kao (where I spent the night) to Cape Reinga and I was rewarded with having the whole place to myself.

Very unusual considering that it has "over 120,000 visitors a year and around 1,300 cars arriving per day during peak season."

I walked up and down the place 3 times to capture different lights during the sunrise.

As I had mentioned in my Instagram (instagram.com/jinhanteng) before, the drive up to Cape Reinga from Auckland was pretty epic.

East Coast

East Coast, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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One of the nicest roads to drive on

Roadtrip

Roadtrip, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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Auckland > East Coast Road > Thames > Coromandel Bay > Whitianga > Tarua > Thames > Auckland. 411km covered and plenty of photo stops.

I forgot where I took this actually, must be somewhere in between Whitianga and Tarua. The gloomy weather wasn't that good for photos but this East Coast route has some quite magnificent view.

North Head

North Head, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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One of the barracks a top North Head at Devonport.

This push bike served me well for the best part of my ride around Devonport until the chain snapped when I was riding up Mount Victoria. Luckily it was the last leg of my round trip at Devonport and I parked the bike mid way up the hill, walked up to finish the tour and then came rolling down back to the wharf to return the bike.

Rangitoto

Rangitoto, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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This is a view of Rangitoto Island from North Head at Davenport.

I took a ferry to Davenport in the morning, hired a push bike and rode around the little peninsular. The views around this place is awesome and I can't wait to bring Olivia and Xavier here.

Rangitoto Island

Rangitoto Island, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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Found this serene camp site on the way hiking up Rangitoto summit.

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Enjoying the rare sunny weekend at the park

Loving Mom

Loving Mom, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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There's no shortage of love from a mom towards her son.

Vivid

Vivid, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

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Brought the children down to the city to check out vivid.

Chinese New Year

It was Chinese New Year so we thought we would bring the children - especially Olivia who is almost an Australian now - to Chinatown to celebrate and to look at some of the chinese traditions. We wouldn't normally do this in Kuala Lumpur because we would be staying at home and all the extended family would come to our house. So perhaps this is how we will celebrate Chinese New Year in Sydney from now on, a visit to Chinatown to watch some Lion Dance and have Yum Char after that.

It was fun carrying Xavier in the pack as he gets to see and not making much fuss compared to when he's in the pram, and also I can get my hands on my camera and not worrying about holding on the pram.

Rubber Ducky

Rubber Ducky, originally uploaded by Jin Han.

Brought the children down to the city to check out the now famous rubber ducky sitting proudly at Darling Harbour

Christmas

Christmas day was spent at home, opening pressies and doing some cooking, just the family and we really did enjoy it.