High Country . South Island . NZ

by Margaret Sherwood

Some favorite places from New Zealand's South Island taken in 2006 .

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Popular walks
These walks also link to the Routeburn track .

Routeburn Falls

Routeburn Track

Routeburn River

Lord of the Rings territory

Mt Cook and Mt Tasman

Mt Cook
Mt Cook is New Zealand's highest mountain at 3,754 metres .

Shed with a view .

Mt Tasman
Height is 3,498 metres .

Mt Tasman and Mt Cook

Road to Lake Matheson

Mt Tasman

Fantail Falls
Haast Pass and a short walk from the road .

Fantail Falls

Walk to the Falls

Haast Pass

Gates of Haast
The Maori name for the Haast Pass is Tiora-Patea which means ' the way is...

Tumbling mountain stream

Above Franz Josef village

Franz Josef Glacier

A perfect day

From the Village

Lake Hawea

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article published 6/22/2007

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Absolutely magnificient
Thank you so much. Each and every photo is lovely.
— Thesailor, March 3, 2008

Very nice...
thanks for sharing!
— Ben Hsu, August 15, 2007

Beautiful New Zealand
A very nice show of the wildness of New Zealand, Margaret. We didn't realise the beauty of your country until we saw that amazing images of The Lord of the Rings. Greenstone looks like the gate of paradise!. Regards from Madrid and thank you.
— Jose Manuel Echevarría and Pilar León, June 23, 2007

UUUAAAAAUUUUU...!
Beautiful Pictures, Thanks for sharing
— jorge arce caballero, June 23, 2007

My kind of place
Hi Margaret, What a wonderful country you live in, all that space and scenery. Just love the snow on the mountains and the low cloud.Of course Waterfalls, my passion
— Joan, June 23, 2007

Beautiful
Beautiful pictures by a person who knows how to use a camera. Thanks for sharing Margaret. Tony from England.
— Tony Ethridge, June 22, 2007