The ducks were very friendly! When they start climbing on your toes to try and get some bread you know they feel pretty safe:
Panorama of the lakes from Mount Iron:
Lake Hawea in the gorgeous sunshine
Having fun on a very wobbly suspension bridge!
Haast Pass - one of only 3 passes across the Southern Alps, and home of huge waterfalls
The aptly named 'Thunder Creek Falls'
And on to the famous 'West Coast' - with an annual rainfall of 3-7 metres depending where you go - it's usually pretty wet here. However we were blessed with beautiful blue skies and seas:
Beach of strange sculptures:
And gorgeous misty coastlines:
Punakaiki and the pancake rocks, with a blow hole that wasn't performing for us despite the impressive ocean swell:
The high rainfall makes for good dairy farming country:
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