Gillespie Pass

Tramping up the Young Valley

Above Young Forks

Helen starting the 1000 piece jigsaw of Harrowgate, Yorkshire in the Young Hut, the next occupants will have a lot of work to do.

Upper Young Valley

Climbing up the Gillespie Pass Track above the Upper Young Valley

The East Ridge of the inappropriately named Mount Awful.

Snow!

Heading down into Gillespie Stream with Mount Awful

The flats of Siberia Valley

Tramping up to Lake Crucible under the east face of Mount Alba

Lake Crucible

Potential around Crucible Lake

The attractive summit pyramid of Mount Thompson

Leaving Siberia Valley

The Wilkin Valley

Glendu Bay Track

A scorching Christmas Day in Wanaka so we headed out early to mountain bike to Glendu Bay and back with a refreshing swim in Lake Wanaka on the way back.

Mount Aspiring Viewpoint 2 months on.

Tubing the Matukituki

Christmas holidays kick off with fantastic weather in Wanaka while the North Island is looking forward to a wet Christmas. Great time to tube the Matukituki from Matukituki station to West Wanaka.

Mount Aspiring

P-P-P-Penguins!

Adeli penguins out for a wander

"Look at me! Take a photo of me!"

"Enough posing, let's get going"

Adeli penguin colony at Cape Royds

Sitting on their eggs

A couple of penguins making their way back across the ice and tide cracks

Emperor penguins down on the ice

"I'm gonna fly..."

"No you're not..."

"Watch me!"

Waddling out to see