Lucky Beach

Strong Southern Ocean winds at Lucky Beach

Lucky Beach

Time it right, or you might get soaked

The winds are whipping and the surf is up.

Yankee River

note: a map of this track can be found here.

Stewart Island - Northwest Circuit

Begin with one step...

Bungaree Hut, first night where we met Gregory the hunter

Bungaree at dusk

Julie's living the dream

Christmas Village - full moon rising

Wilkin Valley finale

At the mouth of Lake Lucidus, typical terrain

No filtering here

Mt Turner dominates the Wilkin Valley - this one's for the family!

Autumn arriving

The homestretch

Wilkin Valley - Mt Pollux

Lunch before Jumboland flats, on the Wilkin river

Top Forks hut below Mt Betsy Jane

A view of Mt Pollux and its glacier from the porch.

Cairn sentinel

Wilkin Valley - Crucible Lake

Mystical, magical Crucible lake.

The cliffs that meet the meteoresque rim.

Here I'm dry

Soon to be shivering

Easter in the Wilkin Valley

Sunrise on Lake Hawea, the site of our sleep on the beach the night before.

Grimacing over wet boots; futile to wring them out as they were constantly wet. River crossings were the bane of our existence.

Grandpa... it's time to fly!!!

Weathering cliffs

I take my turn

I guess he does go to class

Sunrise on the way to class.

Autumn on campus.

Chris and Sean, my two flatmates in the Rock and Pillar range.

These are rocks, and they form pillars.

Kei Dunedin taku kainga pt. 3

The pier at St Kilda and a window to the Pacific.

Dramatic sandstone architecture.

They find their way even out here.

Kei Dunedin taku kainga pt. 2

Atop Flagstaff Mtn overlooking Dunedin, my new home.

Now I've got to run down, urggghhh.

They still make them the old fashioned way.

Tunnel Beach

From a beach cove

Kei Dunedin taku kainga pt 1

International students, all aboard the Taieri Gorge Railway

Zane and I scramble out into central Otago.

This is Middle Earth.

Yoga in the Silverpeaks - it's precarious!

Broken Organ pipes on a run up Mt Cargill

Otago Peninsula pt. 2

Allan's beach, the site of my first barefoot running.

The Pyramids

Victory Beach all to myself.

Reminds me of Door - wishing you well, Grandma!

Otago Peninsula pt. 1

Mt. Charles in the clouds

NZGS markers let you know you're at the top.

Clouds rolling right past our noses on the volcanic cone.

Hooper's Inlet.