New Zealand

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For those of you growing tired of the New Zealand South Island photos, relief is on the way as these are the last of them.

This is the Dart River in Mount Aspiring National Park. Some of the Middle Earth scenes from Lord of the Rings movies were filmed here.


click photo to enlarge		 This is Mirror Lakes, famous for it's mountain reflections in the water. This scenic area is along the road to Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park. Fiordland is one of the wettest places on earth and the weather is unpredictable at all times.

click photo to enlarge		 This photo of Lake Wakatipu was taken along the road to Glenorchy. Glenorchy is where we boarded the jet boat for the ride on the Dart River.

Lake Wakatipu is a Z-shaped lake in a glacier carved valley. It has unusual variations in water levels called "seiches" which are caused by wind or variations in atmospheric pressure.

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click photo to enlarge		 Lake Gunn is along the road to Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park.

click photo to enlarge		 Out jetboat on the Dart River navigating a narrow channel where we stopped to relax and take a short tramp on a tract to a chasm with a waterfall. A tramp is a hike or walk and a tract is the trail.