Category Archives: Southern Alps

One last hurrah – farewell New Zealand

The Doc is now back home, but New Zealand put on last show before he left.

While travelling from Lake Wanaka to Queenstown along the Cardrona Valley Highway you climb into the Crown Range. As he climbed out of Cardrona Township The Doc could see snow, then more snow and it became apparent there had been a heavy fall overnight. So when The Doc reached the summit fresh snow was everywhere, but luckily not over the road. Enjoy:

Southern Alps – glaciers the masters of erosion

A few photos from one of The Doc’s flights over the Southern Alps near Mount Cook. Pictures include looking at the glacial lakes at the foot of glaciers, the moraine (gravel) left by the eroding effect of the glacier as it grinds over the rock, the shallow braided rivers as the water twists and turns through the gravel. Glaciers, the masters of erosion. Enjoy.

The New Zealand is coming to an end

Only 2 days to go, really one and a half. The Doc is now in Wanaka over looking Lake Wanaka. Tomorrow he will travel to Queenstown and return the Campervan on Wednesday, then fly back to Sydney.

Here is a map of the travels so far, over 7,000km plus 2 plane trips. It feels longer than what the map shows!

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