Location: Southland & Fiordland

Te Anau, 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.
  • 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
  • Shooting Stirling Falls in Milford Sound never results in a dry camera!
  • An early morning view up the Hollyford River to Mt Talbot (2,105 m), Fiordland National Park
  • Fiordland National Park is home to thousands of rivers and streams which flow through primordial forest
  • A gloomy Hollyford Valley captured between rain showers
  • Sun lit mist after a period of rain heavy rain on State Highway 94, Fiordland National Park
  • Glacial ice crumbles as it tumbles over the edge into a Fiordland valley
  • Stirling Falls (151m), Milford Sound / Piopiotahi, illuminated by the rays of the setting sun
  • Lush rainforest near Lake Mackenzie, Fiordland National Park
  • Mossy rainforest lines each side of the Routeburn Track near Lake Mackenzie
  • The mesmerising Lake Mackenzie sits at 890 metres elevation on the Routeburn Track
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