Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Ben Ohau and Twizel

Looking over the town of Alexandra

From the top of Ben Ohau


Lake Tekapo

It was the Labour Weekend here. I spent it in the Mackenzie basin area, and Brad spent it golfing in Christchurch. We hiked up Ben Ohau and there were spectacular views. (Ben means mountain in Gaelic & the province of Central Otago is full of Scottish descendants, so there are a lot of "Bens"). The weather was beautiful- this area of the south island gets the hottest in the summer and coldest in the winter. This weekend it was about 5 to 7 degrees warmer than most other places (25 degrees).
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  1. Christina TOctober 27, 2010 at 4:51 AM

    Looks beautiful and warm. It's getting cold here so I'm excited to be warm for a month while it's freezing cold here.

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  2. J.E. HunterOctober 27, 2010 at 5:17 AM

    It snowed here today for the 1st time and now I am even more excited to go to New Zealand where it looks like it is turning nice and green and blue and WARM! Two more weeks - can't wait to see you guys!

    Jennie

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  3. CatherineOctober 27, 2010 at 12:41 PM

    Looking forward to it! I hope we have good weather for Milford! (It tends to rain a bit in Fjordland).

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