First light of the day at the beautiful Lake Matheson with some mist around the lakeshore

The alpine beauty of the glacier and braided waterways high up in the alps

Lake Brunner

Lake Pukaki top of screen and Mueller Lake in the foreground with Mt Cook village in mid right

Driftwood at the entrance to the Calllery Gorge near Franz Josef

This was one of the many side streams that had to be crossed on the Roberts Point Track, the sign warned this was for experienced trampers only, it wasnt wrong

Reflections on Peters Pool, Franz Josef

Rain is on the way off the Punakaiki rocks

Looking down on the snow capped peak of Aoraki Mount Cook with the surrounding peaks and alpine lakes

The beauty of Lake Matheson even when the Southern Alps peaks )and their reflections) are obscured with cloud

Cape Foulwind Lighthouse Westport

A stunning coastal walk startting at Tauranga bay (near Westport) following the cliff edge, you go past rugged coastal scenery, a seal colony and deserted beaches and arrive at this little lighthouse.

Hokitika River

After big seas, Ngakawau, West Coast

Franz Josef Glacier solar flare

Lake Mapourika jetty in the morning cloud and mist

After about an hours coastal walk (from the South) to the Cape Foulwind lighthouse, this the view looking North (the lighthouse is off image to the right)

Looking down and across the highest peaks in the Southern Alps to the Tasman Sea on the West Coast NZ

Helicopter flying over Fox Glacier

Glacier in the Southern Alps

Native bush reflections

Fox Glacier mashmallow