Straight out of Christchurch and on the road to Kaikoura
Looking for the seal colonies around Kaikoura...
...And finding them
First a sperm whale at Kaikoura
Then a humpback. Notice the sunny weather and total lack of antarctic conditions...
Ten-a-penny dusky dolphins at Kaikoura
Driving from Kaikoura through Blenheim, and not stopping to wine taste. Shame.
Kaiteriteri on the way to Abel Tasman park. Gorgeous orange gold sand.
Gateway to Abel Tasman coastline via kayak
Our own island for the afternoon. Crystal clear water but very few fish except a big ray I tried to pat by mistake.
Paddle? Someone has to take photographs.
From Nelson towards the west coast
Too chilly to swim but nice to sit on a clifftop and stare out towards, well, nowhere really
The pancake rocks and assorted blowholes
Crazy milky blue water colour in all the streams coming down from the glaciers
Bruce Bay coastal road - an interesting drive at high tide
Did we mention crystal clear lakes?
And again
And more of them
And some quite impressive hilly bits on the way to...
...The Franz Joseph Glacier
The more impressive Fox glacier was only 20km up the road
Lake Hawea, crystal clear stuff again
And once more for luck
Queenstown is amazingly pretty and very expensive
Lake Wanaka
Heading out of Queenstown towards Te Anau
On the (sodden) road to Milford sound.
The scale of these things is hard to grasp. Most of the peaks are around 2km straight up
All together now, aaahhhh....
Mitre Peak at the entrance to the Sound
Unfortunately Milford Sound was the death of all our photographic gear so the last leg was shot on a disposable camera. Sod's Law dictated that the drive out of Queenstown up the Kawarau gorge and on to Mount Cook would be the most photogenic couple of days in the whole of a highly photogenic trip. Heartbreaking it was.
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