Paradise

So here's the next place I had the chance to visit:

Paradise!

A place that truly lives up to it`s name:

A female Paradise Shelduck, plenty of which live around here.
Maybe that's how the place got it's name?

3 Paradise Ducks mid-flight

Lake Wakapitu from Glenorchy boathouse

A couple black swans enjoying the autumn sun

So this is the Route Burn valley.
Lazy me actually did one of the 'Great Walks'
Half of it to be precise, than I turned around to get back to my car because there's 340 road kilometers between the two ends.

So this is the view from Conical Hill over the Hollyford River valley. If you look closely you may spot the little piece of ocean at the end of the valley.

Lake Harris

The highest point of the track, 

and a staggering view over Mount Aspiring National Park

Vegetation along the way

Routeburn flats, seen from the Routeburn Falls hut; imagine waking up to this view!

And finally, the first frost of the year!

And here`s Paradise in all it`s beauty!

A South Island Robin

Dart River, somewhere along the Dart track

Dart River mouth and the iconic Mount Alfred 

Some old truck

Chinamans Flat and Mount Earnslaw to the right

The Humboldt Mountain Range

So in the middle of all this an important anniversary passed by: Two years of traveling, and every day is new adventure!
So congratulation to myself! 

Some old mining equipment and Heather Jock Hut on the Judah Mine Track

The hut with Mount Earnslaw n the back

Lake Wakatipu and Tooth Peak in the background

And at last: The town of Glenorchy, `Gateway to Paradise`