Hooker River and Mt. Cook

The milky blue Hooker River winds itself down from Hooker Glacier which is one of several glaciers close to the slopes of Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. The milky blue water flowing from glacial melt is the result of finely ground rock called "rock flour" that pigments the water.

Moeraki Boulders Dawn

The spherical boulders on the beach between the small coastal villages of Hampden and Moeraki.

Mystical Lake Ruataniwha

A low-key impression of the autumn colours and reflections on this man-made lake just out of Twizel on the boundary between Canterbury and Central Otago.

Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo

Remarkable Queenstown Lights

This is the what you see on top of Bob's Peak at sunset. Bob's Peak is at the end of a steep ride on the Queenstown Gondola. Once on top, it provides magnificent panoramic views of Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, and the Remarkables mountain range. It can get quite chilly on top though, even in summer!

Sunset over Pancake Rocks, Punakaiki

The Pancake Rocks that Punakaiki is famous for, are limestone formations that began forming 30 million years ago, when lime-rich fragments of dead marine creatures were deposited on the seabed, then overlaid by weaker layers of soft mud and clay. The seabed was raised above sealevel by earthquakes to form the coastal cliffs and coastline. The sea, wind and rain have since etched out the soft layers to form the unusual rock formations we see today.

One tree amongst many

This tree has intrigued me since the first time I travelled the West Coast of New Zealand in 1994.

Salmon Farm in Marlborough Sounds

Purakaunui Falls, Catlins

The Purakaunui Falls are a cascading multi-tiered waterfall in the Catlins at the bottom of the South Island. On the day I visited, the flow of the water created an interesting swirl at the bottom of the scene, adding something special to these iconic, frequently photographed waterfall.