30: Pictures from a plane

Here some images taken from the window of the plane on a flight between Queenstown and Wellington. The first set of mountains are the Inland and Seaward Kaikouras, separated by the Clarence River.

Lake Coleridge



 

Havelock Glacier

 

Godley Glacier



The Cass River and Lake Tekapo

Lake Pukaki

Hawea

Wanaka

Motatapu Valley

 

The Crown Range



Arrowtown



Reflection in Kawarau Gorge



12: Walking in Wanaka

A trip to Wanaka meant a quick circuit of Mt Iron. When I first walked this route over ten years ago, there were hardly any houses - now it starts out in a new subdivision: I resolutely looked the other way to take my photos. Him Outdoors ran round the circuit twice until he caught us up, while I walked with the family.

At the top, a graphic map points to all the surrounding hills and mountains, so you can put names to all all the landmarks. You can see how fascinating this is.

Apparently the children wanted 'children time' which involved getting lost in the maze at Puzzling World, while Him Outdoors and I went to Lake Hawea for an ice cream.

1: Wakatipu New Year

Happy New Year! Him Outdoors got a call out to Wanaka on New Year's Day so I went along for the drive, and an ice cream, and a pint of cider at the Cardrona Hotel - as you do.

The next day we did a triathlon at Lake Dunstan near Cromwell and after battling wind, waves and scorching sunshine, we treated ourselves to lunch at The Wooing Tree vineyard and restaurant.

 

Sticking with the vineyard theme, a couple of days later we walked the new Gibbston River Trail, Wentworth Loop, which fortuitously enough, finishes at Peregrine.