The Tararua Ranges shot from the inland hills further east

The Putangirua Pinnacles are a geological formation and one of NZ's best examples of badlands erosion.They consist of a large number of huge earth pillars or hoodoos located at the head of a valley in the Aorangi Ranges, on the North Island of New Zealand, in the Wellington region. Part of the Paths of the Dead sequence in the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was filmed on location here,

The rugged East Coast of the Wairarapa

The wild rugged east coast of the Wairarapa

Snow covered Southern Alps as seen from the Ngawi coast on the North Island

Early morning sun warming the Tararuas after some overnight snow

The Upper Plain area of Masterton Wairarapa

The Wairarapa valley and snow capped mountains from Landsdown

Cyclonic waves over the high coastal reef

A wider perspective image (from my prev posted images) taken of massive waves at Castlepoint Reef

Cape Palliser sunset on the Wairarapa coast

Group of wind turbines on the dry fields en route to the Tora Coast (Wairarapa)

Lka Wairarapa jetty ruins

Red Hut

Hidden Gem

Cape Palliser lighthouse steps

Looking down into the Upper Plain valley from Burnetts Road (just outside Masterton)

Vanishing Point

The wild and rugged stormy coast at Tora Wairarapa

Rural heart land of the Wairarapa Coast

Aerial views of Mataikona

The Wairarapa heading back to Masterton from the East Coast