Cascade Saddle - Dart River. Mt Aspiring National Park

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Day 4 - Dart Hut to Daleys Flat Hut



Above - morning light



Above - Rachael on the track down the valley



Above - Rachael on the track down the valley



Above - lichen



Above - a small creek



Above - peaks in the Forbes Mountains



Above - Looking back up the Dart Valley



Above - Rachael on the track down the valley



Above - Peaks of the Forbes Mountains



Above - Silver Beech



Above - Beech forest near Daleys Flat Hut



Above - ferns

Day 5 - Daleys Flat Hut to Chinamans Bluff



Above - Rachael on the track down the valley



Above - Rachael on the track down the valley



Above - Looking up the Dart Valley



Above - Beech forest near the river



Above - Rachael crossing a side river



Above - A tree encrusted island in the Dart River



Above - The Dart River



Above - Rachael on the track down the valley



Above - Matagouri and peaks of the Forbes Mountains at Chinamans Bluff

We then went to Queenstown - getting a lift from two local trampers (thanks Owen)

Ben Lomond - half day walk

Whilst in Queenstown I took the opportunity to clim Ben Lomond - a peak close to the town with very fine views.



Above - Looking accross Lake Wakatipu to the mountains on the other side



Above - mountains!



Above - the track down

After visiting Queenstown, Rachael headed of to Te Anau and then Milford Sound, while I headed off via Greymouth to Arthurs Pass for a few days.

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