Location: Tasman-Nelson-Marlborough

Golden Bay, Wharariki Beach, Nelson Lakes National Park

  • Located at Wharariki Beach (my fave beach in New Zealand), the Archway Islands are always an impressive sight.
  • A frosty start to the day at Lake Rotoiti, Nelson Lakes National Park
  • First light at Wharariki Beach, located at the north-western tip of the South Island
  • Ligar Bay is a beautiful spot to capture tidal sand textures
  • The seemingly never-ending ranges of Kahurangi National Park, viewed from a peak 1,805m high in Nelson Lakes National Park
  • Lake Angelus sits at 1,650 altitude in the mountains of Nelson Lakes National Park
  • The track to Lake Angelus along the Robert Ridge Route has some precarious sections across craggy mountain tops
  • A view from one national park to another; Nelson Lakes to Kahurangi
  • Inversion cloud in Nelson Lakes National Park captured in a 25-second long exposure
  • Lake Rotorua revealed through layers or mountain and mist
  • Sunset on the craggy ridgeline above Lake Angelus, Nelson Lakes National Park
  • Another stunning day at Tata Beach comes to an end
  • Sunrise lights up the Archway Islands at Wharariki Beach
  • The Riuwaka River emerges from a cave deep in the Takaka Hills into lush rainforest
  • The calm before the storm; early morning at Wharariki Beach, New Zealand
  • Lake Angelus, Nelson Lakes National Park, in a setting that could be from another planet
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