
Heading up the fickle and slightly flooded Waitaha

Climbing up around the river bank, this is the track, but the river normally doesn't flow quite this high, close or dirty.

Scamper Torrent Hut - stunning wee spot for the night

Just one of the old bottles in the aged and interesting medical cupboard in Scamper Torrent Hut

Route finding beyond Scamper Torrent up to the ridge line was scrubby and bluffy at times, as Lottie is demonstrating.

A wee torrent we happened upon in the scrub

Sarah looking back at some of the terrain in Scamper Torrent

Scamper torrent below, the hut is on the flat, with the Waitaha flowing out to the sea beyond

Important consultation of the map as we near Mt Durward

Loving the textures of this black and white photo

Looking along the Smyth range and down the Waitaha

Smyth Range Panorama

Some of the really interesting features of the Smyth Range

Smyth Range black and white

Found a camping lake, Rowan heads down to check it out. Amazing texture in the Lake

View from Camp

View of camp with 3 hungry trampers enjoying dinner

The sky just keeps making the Lord Range more spectacular

Rowan and Sarah enjoying the view

Spotting the Rock Wren

Lottie looking for rock wren

And then the sun began to set...

Love the cloud whirl

Sunset over the Lord Range

It's basically a golden cloud arch!

The colours just keep getting more intense

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And back to the cloud whirl

More sunset

Taking a closer look

Clouds on fire

Sarah also taking sunset photos!

Intense sunset!

Still admiring the sunset

So many beautiful photos

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With the cloud whirl

Loving the blending colours

Three admiring the sunset

Looking back at our lake edge campsite and the range that starred in last night's photography

Heading towards the Kea Glacier

Rock textures and the kea glacier

Rowan on top of the Kea Glacier

Posing for a photo

Looking back on where we came from

Tussock again, heading back down to the Waitaha

Rocks and sand in the Waitaha river valley

Getting chased out of the Waitaha by impending weather