Winter of Changes
Mountains and sea . Te Ao Whekere rises above the Pacific..
As with most times have been rather quiet with my own projects due of course to the ongoing situation both here and around the world.
My major achievement of the winter months down south was finishing my video on the Balti’s. which can be found on my you tube channel -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ruDLzMGfCg
The winter has been long for someone like myself used to getting away for at least a small part of it but the weather has been mild pleasant and dry. This has lead to a lack of heavy snow falls in the local mountains but I have been too busy at work to get out anyway so hasn’t effected me to much although others especially those of the skiing fraternity are not so lucky.
Contrasts between mountains and sea - from the ridgeline of the Seaward Kaikoura’s.
Mountains - The Inland Kaikoura’s - Mitre, Alarm. Tapuaenuku
Sea - the Kaikoura peninsular juts out into the Pacific ocean with Christchurch far in the distance.
Jack and Forrest with Mountains and sea stretching to the horizon..
Camping
Carl - below Mount Dorothy in the Nelson lakes.
Jack and Forrest set up camp at 1900m on the Seward Kaikoura’s.
Winter beach camp with the kids and a fire.
Local scenes.
Clouds in the mountains.
Driftwood and gaunt tress on the beach.
Looking to Mount Campbell from the beach at Motueka.
A perch for sea birds!
Mountains.
2076m - in the Raglan ranges provided a nice day out.
Looking up to Mount Magdalene.
on Mount Dorothy
Fast descent of Dorothy.
Ben looking up to the others on the snow fields below 2076m in the Raglans.
Valleys
In the Wiarau River valley.
Looking up the Matakitaki vally , Nelson lakes.
Looking into the Rainbow valley from the Raglan ranges.
Looking out to Golden bay and the Taka river valley at sunset from the Arthur range,
Same scene as above with Riley and Caleb at dusk.