The start of summer trips

Hopes of getting away for an overnight tramp with my son did not eventuate in the last week. Maybe it was just as well too, as on one 3/4 day trip we experienced very windy conditions at the relatively low altitude of nearby Lake Hawea, where we did quite a bit of exploring.

The spectacular private road to Dingleburn Station...


I'm not sure when this road got built, but it was relatively recently and Ian S. the station owner apparently became a bit of legend in the doing of it. In his later years my dad and uncle spent a lot of time with Sarge over on the Coast, after my mum and aunt passed away within 3 months of each other back in the seventies...


I'm quite a fan of making photographs of our native Cabbage trees. This one has been through a fire though...


Dougal admires the view...


I had no idea Mt Aspiring could be seen from this area...


I've never seen a quail hang out in/on bracken fern before either...


Over the weekend one of my close friends Ian flew down from Wellington for a overnighter with me in my camper truck. I met him in Queenstown and we visited a few mutual friends then adjourned to nearby Moke Lake, and did a moderate walk in this area reeking in gold mining history.

Towards Moonlight and Ben Lomond Station...


Looking back towards Moke Lake

And lastly dawn this morning - a smaller lake nearby...


This week's site, The Green Children's Blog. A lot to look through, but inspiring.. more>>