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New Zealand - South Island, Arrowtown gold miners shack, with backlit autumn trees.

A winding dirt track beside a red iron shed on the rocky hillside at Goldfields Tourist attraction on the Kawarau River in Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand.

A miners hut , close up, on rocky ground at Goldfields mining village on the Kawarau river in Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand.

An impromptu photography walk around Arrowtown found me walking Sawpit Gully. The Autumn colours are incredible!

Walter Peak Watercolour

Behind the Makarora lodge is a three hour climb up Mt Shrimpton. The view of the river as you climb is stunning but the real prize if when you finally get to look over the other side. We were expecting there to be tarns but not a snowy wonderland!

Climbing Watercolour - Hospital Flats

seaweed

Mountain bikers know about Coronet Peak in summer, but it seems like not many people in the general public did! After buying a $15 roundtrip chairlift ticket, we rode to the top and walked a short way up to the peak, where we found this view. The mountains were a beautiful mix of blues and golds and stretched as far as we could see. I was happy standing at this spot to take photos of the sweeping views, but I wasn't exactly game to walk out on that little ledge -- do you think you would be?

One of the things I love most about New Zealand is how quickly the landscape can change. While Mackenzie country is full of golden tussock, the mountains themselves are all rock and snow. In Lindis Pass, which traverses the mountains on the road between Tekapo and Wanaka, the tussock carpeted everything all the way to the peaks of the mountains. It made the whole area feel a bit desolate, yet starkly beautiful at the same time.

New Zealand - South Island, Arrowtown gold miners shack, with backlit autumn trees.

It was no coincidence that the location I shot the most in Wanaka was the famous 'Wanaka tree' -- the lone tree that stands in the lake. Its trunk is covered by water for much of the year yet it's somehow survived, making a perfect foreground for the mountains of Mount Aspiring National Park behind.

Painted from the shelter of a rocky outcrop somewhere along the shore of Lake Wakatipu. Why sheltered? Because it was pissing it down!

Ducks going for an early morning swim on Lake Wakatipu under an impressive sunrise.

New Zealand - South Island, Moeraki Boulders at sunrise with a beautiful purple hue.

After a very soggy hike half way up Black Peak, McIntosh hut was a very welcome reward at the end of the day! A lovely little place to spend the night.

Black Peak Watercolour

Sunrise on Boxing Day lit up the entirely of Lake Wanaka in pink. Definitely worth the early wakeup call on a public holiday!

Queenstown Trail View

Earnslaw Burn

I wasn't even planning on drawing anything the day I created this but every time I cycle past this view I can't help stopping and soaking it up some more. This was also the time I realised if I couldn't fit a whole mountain range in a drawing I just needed to make it wider! Who knew!

Kelvin Heights from Frankton

After New Zealand lockdown lifted to level 2 we could travel a little further. This was the first time I saw the sea in two months! There were so many seals playing in the rock pools. Almost no tourists and a really still day. Awesome!

Glenorchy Painting

A classic view of Queenstown Harbour. Sketched from the main beach March 2021

TSS Earnslaw - Queenstown

Because my family and I didn't have our own mountainbikes, we decided to take the easy way down Coronet Peak once we'd been to its summit -- that is, we went back down the chairlift we came up! I just couldn't believe how stunning the views were -- even this one, which included a man-made pond that really shouldn't have been as beautiful as it was!

I was so lucky being able to capture this sunrise. When I woke up around 5.15am to a brilliantly pink room I realised that I was missing a fantastic sunrise over Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu. Luckily we were staying in a hotel on the lakeshore so I was able to run across the road and capture the amazing colours.

One of the Shotover Jet jetboats powers towards the Shotover Canyon after a quick 360º for the photographers.

Remarkables Park - Queenstown

I didn't plan on getting up to watch the sunrise on our last morning in Queenstown, but when I woke up at 5.15am and my whole hotel room was lit up in pink, I grabbed my camera and ran to the lakeshore, which was luckily just across the road from the hotel. It was definitely worth it!

There's no better time for a stroll along the waterfront on Queenstown's Lake Wakatipu at sunset. Not only do the Remarkables glow in the evening light, but in St Omer Park on the lake's foreshore, the setting sun lights up the trees in amazing patterns.

Clear warm Summer days invite visitors to swim, fish, boat and enjoy the beautiful surrounds of Wanaka, including the iconic Wanaka tree.

Historic Larnach Castle is a mock castle on the ridge of the Otago Peninsula within the limits of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, close to the small settlement of Pukehiki. A beautiful location to visit and stay, with views of the dazzling Otago Peninsula.

Real life dinosaur spotted in Queestown. Do you know where?

A map of the three main islands of New Zealand, with different patterns representing the characteristics of the different provinces.