Routeburn track, Glenorchy NZ

At the beginning of the track. A beautiful walk even in the snow

Cold Mountain.... Queens Town NZ

At the back of Queens Town, very cold... the winter temperature is normally around -25C at this height. very barren and definitely no animals except us !

Peaks and Clouds, Queens Town NZ

Another shot taken from Coronet Peak on a beautiful day of about 4C.Lots of clouds hugging the valleys

Mountain Peaks Queens Town NZ

Taken from Coronet Peak ski resort. I used a 300mm zoom lens with a tripod to get this picture. One of the main problems photographing up at such altitudes are the ultra violet rays. Unfortunately I do not have a lens for my zoom.

Quad bikes on the mountain Queens Town NZ

This quad bikes are fantastic fun for 4wd driving up the mountains. A highly recommended fun thing to do. They handle slopes, streams and ditches well. The views at the top were literally spectacular.
This one adventure I would do again and again

On the road to Glenorchy NZ South Island

This shot was taken early in the morning on our way to the Routeburn walking track about 40 mins from Glenorchy. The weather was cold and expecting snow in the mountains which eventually occurred. The walk on the track was good but cold.

A lovely view from the top of Queenstown Hill

On top of Queens town Hill, very cold. We stopped off the quad bikes to take this picture. the temperature was well below 0C. The usual temperature in winter here is -25C. The quad bikes were fantastic for climbing the slopes and navigating the streams and ditches

Queens Town Wharf

A bright sunny morning in Queens Town New Zealand. This picture was taken last week and even though the day was glorious sunshine the temperature was around 4C. Living in Australia these are normally overnight temperatures but you get used to them. It has been along while since I have had to experience the cold as where I live on the NSW central coast the days are much warmer.
New Zealand very much reminds me of the UK ( not the scenery of course). The Kiwi acent is a bit hard to get used to though!!!

Evening approaches at the start of the road into Skippers Canyon

Skippers Canyon in New Zealand is where all the adrenalin activities take place ( well some of them) also some of the Lord of the Rings filming was done there ie the black riders crossing the river in pursuit... because the river in the canyon was to wild for the horses to cross they filmed the crossing elsewhere and merged the lower half with the top view in Skippers canyon.

An Evening View at Queenstown New Zealand

Arrived in Queens town in the evening and took this photograph from the hotel window.
The day was a warmish 2C. A beautiful spot though, well worth a visit

Top of the world New Zealand

A tad cold at -25C but what a view!! from a trip last week