Rain is on the way off the Punakaiki rocks
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
The Mountains of Okarito
Okarito boatshed at dawn
Franz Josef Glacier from the air
Magnificent frozen Glacier
Alpine hut above the glacier
paddling on Lake Mapourika
Helicopter above Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef Glacier sitting on a rock
Franz Josef Glacier- Bit of an optical illusion. The glacier looks like its right there, its actually a LONG way below the level of the edge I'm standing on
Franz Josef Glacier
Its impossible to get a grasp of how big the glacier it, Its probably hundreds of feet below the clliff I'm standing on and when helicopters fly below us and over the glarcier floor they appear so small and hard to spot at times...incredible
Foliage reflectios
