Trying to be quiet in Queenstown

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Hello again. feeling quite a bit better today, thank goodness. A good massage to help my head and neck was a start, and then I indulged in a bit of retail therapy! A foldable plastic bowl, a Backcountry dehydrated meal to try on the Kepler track next week and a merino cardigan/jumper. Oops, the last one was a bit extravagant but I like it and was sick of wearing my fleece whenever I needed warmth. And I may just pop back for a camping pillow!

Anyway, here's the next instalment of photos...
off for lunch and then to Glenorchy, looking out for Lord of the Rings film sites along the way.

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Photos

View from church window in Tekapo
Went to the service on Sunday evening. Not many of us, but it doesn't fit that many people anyway (Sally - take note!). It is called the Church of the Good Shepherd and nearby is a statue of a collie dog, as a tribute to the fact that they couldn't manage without them...

Alpine experience
part way through the 7 hour ascent to Caroline Hut on the way to the Ball Pass in the Mount Cook/Aoraki area.

Me again
legs still intact at this stage

More mountains
this is the area where Edmund Hillary etc trained for Everest. No wonder it was hard!

Evening in the Alps
Think this is Mount Tasman....

View from campsite after the trip
Looking up to Mount Sefton

Mount Cook / Aoraki from the Hooker valley
The highest mountain in New Zealand. Have photos of it from the other side (where we were in the hut). The Ball Pass route comes from one side of Mount Cook to the other.

"Icebergs" floating in the glacial lake
shortly after this was my first and only attempt at fell running.