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
