Location: Southland & Fiordland
Te Anau, Fiordland National Park
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This jetty at the Marakura Yacht Club, Lake Te Anau, looks out to the vast wilderness of Fiordland National Park. -
It's easy to see why the famous author, Rudyard Kipling, described Milford Sound / Piopiotahi as the eighth wonder of the world. -
Doesn’t matter if it’s rain or shine, Doubtful Sound / Patea is always a spectacular place to be. -
In 1925 Lake Monowai was raised two metres to provide for a hydroelectric scheme; drowned trees remain on the water's edge to this day. -
Pipis (shellfish) in the waters of Milford Sound / Piopiotahi almost look like stars fallen from the sky -
The shores of Lake Monowai are littered with these drowned trees, victims of the hydro scheme constructed in the 1920's -
After getting up incredibly early on a summer morning and initially being disappointed with the light and wishing I had stayed in bed, the arrival of the sun lighting up the horizon across Lake Te Anau turned out to be some of the most surreal conditions I've yet experienced! -
Fiordland National Park, located in Te Wāhipounamu - South West New Zealand World Heritage Area, is chock full of hidden gems like this -
The last glow of the day illuminates the Cleddau Valley and Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park -
An early morning view up the Hollyford River to Mt Talbot (2,105 m), Fiordland National Park -
Recent rain at Lake Hauroko, New Zealand's deepest lake, results in the lake being that little bit deeper -
Fiordland National Park is home to thousands of rivers and streams which flow through primordial forest -
Sun lit mist after a period of rain heavy rain on State Highway 94, Fiordland National Park
