Looking at the mountains from Arrowtown area.
This road gets nasty in the winter.
View of the valley. Snow-caps in the distance.
More valley near Arrowtown.
These are views on the way to Wanaka.
Skipping over Wanaka entirely, this is now on the way to Haast.
Brilliant drive, but few places to stop for pictures on the winding roads.
This is the road, but it looks tame here.
If I had a camper, I would have stayed here and fished for a few days.
This is the day after yesterday. Morning. Time to see what the big deal is about a glacier.
Looks like a river of ice.
Yup. That's snow and ice.
This map shows how Al Gore is right. Or something.
Aaaaaaaah!
This is as far as they'll let me go. Doesn't seem that dangerous.
That's where the glacier was before the industrial revolution.
That's the road between Greymouth and Arthur's pass. Shelter from boulders and water.
Otira Gorge road info.
Red rocks all over the south island. Oh, the irony (rocks).
Closeup of gorge road. Really, this was tame compared to the Haast road you didn't see...
Wild parrot.
These dudes like cold places, and chewing on just about anything.
They apparently chew up tents, car antennas, whatever they find.
Sweet bridge. Notice more irony rocks.
This is looking towards Greymouth.
That's looking towards Christchurch/Arthur's pass.
Kea. That's the parrot. They're endangered, so you can't kill them when they destroy your stuff.
Just past Arthur's pass, looking south.
Looking north.
Looking north, from a different part of the pass.
Rocks.
I think the plains of Rohan were filmed in this area. Especially the scene with the wargs.
That's it. The last picture from the South Island.
