![Click to enlarge](img/th_5595.jpg) | I thought I was done with these. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5596.jpg) | The Mt. John tour buys old parkas from the USAP for the use of customers when on the mountain. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5598.jpg) | My attempt at astrophotography. This is a fifteen second exposure. The movement of the camera is due to wind. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5601.jpg) | MOA |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5602.jpg) | MOA |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5605.jpg) | MOA |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5608.jpg) | Jag check: yep, still there. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5610.jpg) | The view from my room in the morning. In addition to the Jaguar, you can see the Church at top left on the shore of the lake. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5611.jpg) | The hyrdo canal. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5612.jpg) | The Mackenzie Valley. |
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(10396x2566, 4246.53 kb) A very wet Mackenzie Valley.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_5618.jpg) | The Mackenzie Valley. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5622.jpg) | A depth marker in the canal. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5623.jpg) | Maryburn. Beware Strong Winds. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5624.jpg) | Sheep. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5625.jpg) | Salmon farming in the canal. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5626.jpg) | Salmon farming in the canal. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5627.jpg) | Salmon farming in the canal. |
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(15545x2157, 6895.62 kb) Lake Pukaki (left) at the end of the Hydro Canal (right).
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_5636.jpg) | Lake Pukaki |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5638.jpg) | At it's terminus, the hydro canal is siphoned into these tubes. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5639.jpg) | The lower power station (Tekapo B). |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5640.jpg) | The lower power station (Tekapo B). |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5641.jpg) | Lake Pukaki, fed by water from Mount Cook. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5643.jpg) | Triumph. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5644.jpg) | Triumph. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5645.jpg) | Lake Pukaki outflow. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5647.jpg) | Lake Pukaki outflow. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5648.jpg) | Lake Pukaki outflow. There was a lot of water flowing through the gates. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5649.jpg) | Lake Pukaki outflow. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5652.jpg) | Lake Pukaki outflow. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5657.jpg) | Central Twizel. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5658.jpg) | The Hermitage at Mount Cook. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5659.jpg) | Inside the visitor's centre. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5663.jpg) | The "view" of Mount Cook from the Hermitage. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5664.jpg) | Hermitage grounds. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5665.jpg) | Low hanging cloud. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5667.jpg) | The Hermigate. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5668.jpg) | Old guest ledgers in the Hermitage bar. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5669.jpg) | Looking down the valley. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5670.jpg) | Looking up the valley; still very cloudy. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5671.jpg) | Looking up the valley; still very cloudy. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5672.jpg) | Stone cairns marking the path across Kitchener Creek. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5673.jpg) | Stone cairns marking the path across Kitchener Creek. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5674.jpg) | Some fording required. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5675.jpg) | Starting to clear further down the valley. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5676.jpg) | Glaciers: nature's litterbugs. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5677.jpg) | The Alpine Memorial. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5678.jpg) | The Alpine Memorial. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5679.jpg) | The Alpine Memorial, originally erected to commemorate some climbers who perished in 1914, it has since accrued many more plaques. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5680.jpg) | Some of the plaques on the Memorial. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5681.jpg) | Some of the plaques on the Memorial. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5682.jpg) | The view of the village from the Memorial. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5684.jpg) | The Alpine Memorial. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5685.jpg) | Another look up the valley. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5686.jpg) | Mueller Lake with a very dirty Mueller Glacier behind. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5687.jpg) | The first swing bridge across Hooker River. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5690.jpg) | The first swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5691.jpg) | The first swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5692.jpg) | The first swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5694.jpg) | This thing that looks like a stream is actually the path. Some pathforging required. |
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(10990x2493, 6882.30 kb) Mueller Lake below low cloud.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_5701.jpg) | Mueller Lake. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5702.jpg) | Mueller Lake and Glacier. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5703.jpg) | Climbing up. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5704.jpg) | Some fellow trampers attempt to ford the new stream. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5705.jpg) | Mueller Lake and Glacier. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5707.jpg) | Mueller Glacier. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5710.jpg) | Coming up on the second swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5711.jpg) | Looking up at a recent rock slide. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5713.jpg) | The second swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5714.jpg) | Danger. Falling rocks. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5716.jpg) | The path up to the second swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5717.jpg) | The path up to the second swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5718.jpg) | The second swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5719.jpg) | Hooker River. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5720.jpg) | Looking back across the gorge at the path leading up to the second swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5721.jpg) | The second swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5722.jpg) | Success! The clouds part to reveal Aoraki (Cloud Piercer), AKA Mount Cook. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5727.jpg) | Mount Cook and the Hooker River. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5728.jpg) | Mount Cook and the Hooker River. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5729.jpg) | Mount Cook. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5730.jpg) | Mount Cook. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5731.jpg) | The path continues this way. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5732.jpg) | This thing that looks like a pool is the path. It then heads up where that thing that looks like a stream is. I tried to find a reasonable way around that wouldn't involve water in my boots, but there really wasn't anywhere to go. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5733.jpg) | Mount Cook, again. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5734.jpg) | Another view of the pool-path. I did manage to make it to the other side of the pool, but that didn't help much. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5735.jpg) | The torrent flowing down the path. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5740.jpg) | An attempt at a self-portrait. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5768.jpg) | Eagle Rock. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5770.jpg) | Mount Cook. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5771.jpg) | The lower peaks start to show themselves, as well. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5772.jpg) | The lower peaks start to show themselves, as well. |
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(13184x2542, 5870.59 kb) Aoraki from the Hooker Valley.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_5781.jpg) | The lower peaks start to show themselves, as well. |
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(7199x2468, 4547.58 kb) Looking down the Hooker Valley past the second swing bridge.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_5788.jpg) | A view up Hooker Valley from higher up. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5791.jpg) | A last view of Mount Cook on the way back to town. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5794.jpg) | Back above the second swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5795.jpg) | Looking back down the valley. The lake in the distance is Lake Pukaki. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5796.jpg) | Clearing above Mueller Lake. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5799.jpg) | The second swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5801.jpg) | Hooker River. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5803.jpg) | The second swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5807.jpg) | Another view of the path on the lower side of the second swing bridge. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5808.jpg) | Actually maybe it's more of a scramble than a path. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5809.jpg) | Cloud clearing. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5812.jpg) | A random hill. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5813.jpg) | Lower slopes. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5820.jpg) | Freda's Rock. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5821.jpg) | Sunlight on the eastern slopes. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5822.jpg) | Mountians. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5826.jpg) | Aoraki. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5831.jpg) | My room at the Hermitage was cheap because I didn't have a view of Mount Cook. This is the view from my balcony. I guess it didn't count? |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5832.jpg) | Dinner! Everything was closed by the time I got back from my tramp. Fortunately, I came prepared. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5833.jpg) | One last look back, heading out. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5834.jpg) | The model of old Cromwell before it was flooded in 1984 when the dam was constructed. The blue yarn indicates the current lake level. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5836.jpg) | Fruit! |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5837.jpg) | Fruit! |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5838.jpg) | Fruit! |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5839.jpg) | Old Cromwell (after relocation). |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5840.jpg) | Stopped for construction in Central Otago. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5841.jpg) | Rain over the Otago Peninsula, as seen from central Dunedin. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5842.jpg) | St. John's Cathedral (catholic). I'm staying in the Bishop's old residence. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5845.jpg) | Stone detailing. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5847.jpg) | The view from the doors of the Cathedral. The buildings at left is the Otago Girl's School. The chimney with the barrel on top is part of the Speight's Brewery. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5848.jpg) | Slanty building. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5850.jpg) | Otago Harbour beyond Speight's Brewery. |