Picture Gallery for Tue 2011-02-08 22:12:47 UTC

	I thought I was done with these.
	The Mt. John tour buys old parkas from the USAP for the use of customers when on the mountain.
	My attempt at astrophotography. This is a fifteen second exposure. The movement of the camera is due to wind.
	MOA
	MOA
	MOA
	Jag check: yep, still there.
	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.
	The hyrdo canal.
	The Mackenzie Valley.
(10396x2566, 4246.53 kb) A very wet Mackenzie Valley.
	The Mackenzie Valley.
	A depth marker in the canal.
	Maryburn. Beware Strong Winds.
	Sheep.
	Salmon farming in the canal.
	Salmon farming in the canal.
	Salmon farming in the canal.
(15545x2157, 6895.62 kb) Lake Pukaki (left) at the end of the Hydro Canal (right).
	Lake Pukaki
	At it's terminus, the hydro canal is siphoned into these tubes.
	The lower power station (Tekapo B).
	The lower power station (Tekapo B).
	Lake Pukaki, fed by water from Mount Cook.
	Triumph.
	Triumph.
	Lake Pukaki outflow.
	Lake Pukaki outflow.
	Lake Pukaki outflow. There was a lot of water flowing through the gates.
	Lake Pukaki outflow.
	Lake Pukaki outflow.
	Central Twizel.
	The Hermitage at Mount Cook.
	Inside the visitor's centre.
	The "view" of Mount Cook from the Hermitage.
	Hermitage grounds.
	Low hanging cloud.
	The Hermigate.
	Old guest ledgers in the Hermitage bar.
	Looking down the valley.
	Looking up the valley; still very cloudy.
	Looking up the valley; still very cloudy.
	Stone cairns marking the path across Kitchener Creek.
	Stone cairns marking the path across Kitchener Creek.
	Some fording required.
	Starting to clear further down the valley.
	Glaciers: nature's litterbugs.
	The Alpine Memorial.
	The Alpine Memorial.
	The Alpine Memorial, originally erected to commemorate some climbers who perished in 1914, it has since accrued many more plaques.
	Some of the plaques on the Memorial.
	Some of the plaques on the Memorial.
	The view of the village from the Memorial.
	The Alpine Memorial.
	Another look up the valley.
	Mueller Lake with a very dirty Mueller Glacier behind.
	The first swing bridge across Hooker River.
	The first swing bridge.
	The first swing bridge.
	The first swing bridge.
	This thing that looks like a stream is actually the path. Some pathforging required.
(10990x2493, 6882.30 kb) Mueller Lake below low cloud.
	Mueller Lake.
	Mueller Lake and Glacier.
	Climbing up.
	Some fellow trampers attempt to ford the new stream.
	Mueller Lake and Glacier.
	Mueller Glacier.
	Coming up on the second swing bridge.
	Looking up at a recent rock slide.
	The second swing bridge.
	Danger. Falling rocks.
	The path up to the second swing bridge.
	The path up to the second swing bridge.
	The second swing bridge.
	Hooker River.
	Looking back across the gorge at the path leading up to the second swing bridge.
	The second swing bridge.
	Success! The clouds part to reveal Aoraki (Cloud Piercer), AKA Mount Cook.
	Mount Cook and the Hooker River.
	Mount Cook and the Hooker River.
	Mount Cook.
	Mount Cook.
	The path continues this way.
	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.
	Mount Cook, again.
	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.
	The torrent flowing down the path.
	An attempt at a self-portrait.
	Eagle Rock.
	Mount Cook.
	The lower peaks start to show themselves, as well.
	The lower peaks start to show themselves, as well.
(13184x2542, 5870.59 kb) Aoraki from the Hooker Valley.
	The lower peaks start to show themselves, as well.
(7199x2468, 4547.58 kb) Looking down the Hooker Valley past the second swing bridge.
	A view up Hooker Valley from higher up.
	A last view of Mount Cook on the way back to town.
	Back above the second swing bridge.
	Looking back down the valley. The lake in the distance is Lake Pukaki.
	Clearing above Mueller Lake.
	The second swing bridge.
	Hooker River.
	The second swing bridge.
	Another view of the path on the lower side of the second swing bridge.
	Actually maybe it's more of a scramble than a path.
	Cloud clearing.
	A random hill.
	Lower slopes.
	Freda's Rock.
	Sunlight on the eastern slopes.
	Mountians.
	Aoraki.
	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?
	Dinner! Everything was closed by the time I got back from my tramp. Fortunately, I came prepared.
	One last look back, heading out.
	The model of old Cromwell before it was flooded in 1984 when the dam was constructed. The blue yarn indicates the current lake level.
	Fruit!
	Fruit!
	Fruit!
	Old Cromwell (after relocation).
	Stopped for construction in Central Otago.
	Rain over the Otago Peninsula, as seen from central Dunedin.
	St. John's Cathedral (catholic). I'm staying in the Bishop's old residence.
	Stone detailing.
	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.
	Slanty building.
	Otago Harbour beyond Speight's Brewery.