New Zealand • 2010

blog post: 2009-12-28: Doubtful Sound
blog post: 2009-12-29: Kayaking in Milford Sound
blog post: 2009-12-30: Queenstown, New Zealand
blog post: 2009-12-30: Visiting Middle Earth

Flying into Queenstown over Lake Wakatipu

Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown

In a tree, Queenstown

Mom at the restaurant where we ate brunch in Queenstown

A steamer sailing out of Queenstown

The Arrow River

Diving head first into a river 43m below

Ready to jump off of Kawaru bridge

Oh no, he's falling!

Me on the recovery boat

Kawaru river

Bungy jumper dunked into Kawaru river

Chard Farm winery panorama

Highway along Lake Wakatipu

Manapouri power station at West Arm

Doubtful Sound, viewed from atop the Wilmot Pass

Colourful island in Doubtful Sound

The remains of tree slides

Seals and waves

Doubtful Sound

Revegetation after a tree slide

Looking down Crooked Arm

The Stebila Family on Doubtful Sound

Interior of Manapouri Power Station

Fog-covered mountains on the way to Milford Sound

Kayaks on the island where we stopped for lunch

Sunlit mountains lining Milford Sound

Clouds hiding Milford Sound

Blue waters of the Kawaru river (a.k.a., the Anduin river from Lord of the Rings)

The Kawaru river (a.k.a., the Anduin river from Lord of the Rings)