Originally posted by zkarj That is indeed a lovely spot. I've never personally seen one of those sloping lakes, though it doesn't look big enough for downhill waterskiing.
Your water skis might be just about long enough to build a bridge, although technically it's not a lake, just the part of the bog where you can see the water. It was a good test of the waterproofing of my boots.
Originally posted by zkarj I walk part of the Te Araroa trail 5 days a week. Pretty hard to avoid as my office is situated on it – aka lower Willis Street in Wellington.
I think I'd go through a few pairs of boots walking 3,000km of that! They'd probably pick me up and take me to a homeless shelter if I took out a billy and gas cooker and sat down to make lunch.
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Originally posted by GDN
Mine is of the Devil's Punchbowl at Arthurs Pass. The plan was to get an image as the sun came up. So an early start for a drive from Christchurch. Okay, the final image didn't work out as planned, but I like how the mountain mist works as well.
I probably should have recognised it. I was there in January last year. It looks a bit different with the mist, and without humans everywhere, mind you back then was when there were reports just starting to emerge of some new virus in China making people sick and causing some to die, and there were hordes of tourists around still.