New Zealand - 2015
Motatapu Track - 10 -12 February 2015
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Party - Wendy, Dave
Above - Late afternoon at Queenstown - Lake Wakatipu and the Eyre
Mountains
We travelled to Wanaka and then started on the track. On the first
afternoon, we walked to the first hut - Fern Burn Hut. The enxt day
- we climbed over Jack Hall Saddle and descended to Highland Creek
Hut. On that afternoon, we left our gear in the hut and walked to
the next highpoint and then returned to the hut. On the third day -
we returned along the track, back over the saddle and
back down the Fern Burn.
Above - Wendy walking up the Fern Burn near the start of the track.
Not long after this the tarck went through a pleasant band of Beech
forest.
Above - Further up the Fern Burn
Above - Looking back
Above - Fern Burn Hut
Above - Wendy in Fern Burn Hut
Above - The Fern Burn near the hut
Above - Next morning, a helicopter dropped in - looking for an
injured tramper.
Above - Wendy on the track
Above - Approaching Jack Hall Saddle (1267 m)
Above - Other trampers
Above - Wendy nearly at the saddle
Above - Prasophyllum colensoi (Common Leek Orchid) - lots
of these were growing near the saddle.
Above - Looking ahead (south) from Jack Hall Saddle
Above - Looking back at the Fern Burn
Above - Wendy on the way down - very steep!
Above - Other trampers coming up
Above - Wendy continuing down
Above - Highland Creek Hut - where we spent our second night
Above - Looking down Highland Creek. We walked on to the mountain
just left of the middle
Above - Wendy - just visible on the small mountain
Above - Highland Creek
Above - Dawn
Above - Wendy walking back up the steep hill to Jack Hall Saddle
Above - We meet some ther trampers coming down
Above - Walking down the Fern Burn
Above - near Fern Burn Hut
Above - Back at Wanaka - we have a nice meal
Continue to the next section - Otago Peninsula and Moeraki
Boulders
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