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Yes! Wednesday December 10, 2008 - Ren graduated from Otago University in Dunedin, New Zealand |
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Bachelor of Science: Zoology |
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Step brother Ben Beattie and Ciara Bloomfield joined us for the graduation |
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Zoology Department |
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Ren with classmate, Rosie |
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Tom and Molly join the graduation parade to Town Hall |
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Step brother RA Beattie and Whitney McDowell also joined the celebration |
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Proud parents |
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That's Ren Suen in the red shirt |
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It was a glorious celebration |
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We celebrated at a famous old Scottish restaurant in the Dunedin Train Station |
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Several of Ren's classmates join in |
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Thursday we visited a penguin conservatory |
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The Yellow Eyed Penguins were nurturing their one month old babies |
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A yearling walks home from the beach |
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Nesting huts for the Yellow Eyed Penguins |
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They are so cute in their tuxedos |
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The bunkers we watched the penguins from |
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The New Zealand countryside is magnificent |
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NZ looks a bit like Ireland and Scotland - no wonder Captain Cook was drawn to it |
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Ren's last dinner on the South Island - Fleur's Seafood Restaurant |
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It was the most incredible seafood we have ever encountered |
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The local fishermen bring their catch directly to Fleur |
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And off to Auckland to begin our journey to Madang, PNG |
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Ciara practicing bungy jumping |
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Ben testing the water |
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Real people actually do jump off the Sky Tower |
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And walk around the outside platform - higher than the Eiffel Tower |
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