Winter has arrived...

After a week of cold, cold rain in both Wellington and Christchurch we decided it was time for a road trip south into the mountains to check out the conditions and for Tim to attend the Mountain Guide Association AGM.

After a bit of tentative driving over Burke's Pass and Lindis Pass on Friday night through the first snow and ice of the season we woke up Sat morning to find Wanaka wet and grey. Fortunately the afternoon was spent indoors at the AGM which began with a whiskey toast and finished 9 hrs later after dinner and a few too many beers for some!

Sunday morning was still pretty grey in Wanaka so we had a quick tramp up Mt Iron before heading back north to where the sun was shining. We stopped for a play in the snow at Lindis Pass (road now cleared), Mt John and Lake Tekapo.
Snow on the hills!Lindis Pass on Sunday afternoon...

965m

Lunch stop in the MacKenzie Basin

The Southern Alps from Mt John near Tekapo

Views from Mt John

Tekapo

Lake Tekapo

The church of the Good Shepherd

Lake Tekapo

Do we have to go back to work in the city?