Current location:	Cairns, Australia (again...)
Current mood:	tired
Current music:	"Old Yellow Bricks" by the Arctic Monkeys

Winter in New Zealand
The road from Nelson to Fox Village was mostly unremarkable, except for the typically stunning New Zealand scenery. Drove over a river that was apparently used during the filming of the Lord of the Rings (throw a rock anywhere in New Zealand and it will hit something filmed in Lord of the Rings).

One stop was the Pancake Rocks. They're nice to look at, and interesting to ponder (apparently no one really knows how they were formed), but it's hard to create a compelling photograph of them. At least within the 10 meager minutes that we were allowed there before having to reboard the bus. At least it was for me.

Failure #1 (not even of the rocks, but of the walkway there):


Failure #2:


Failure #3:


Failure #4:


Failures #5-27 will remain unseen.

Here were some more interesting (non-pancake) rocks off the coast (photo taken from inside the bus).


And here's the moon over Mount Cook (also taken from the inside of the bus).


The first night in Fox Village, I was awoken by the sound of loud snoring at 4 in the morning. This gave me the perfect opportunity to go down to Lake Matheson to catch the daybreak.

This was just before it, on a shaky tripod.



This is after.



Mts. Cook and Tasman are visible in the background.

It was freezing that morning. Still, it was beautiful.











They raise deer as livestock, here.



Next: Fox Glacier

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Note: This journal is several weeks behind. I'm now back in Australia, exploring the Atherton Tablelands and Daintree Rainforest in North Queensland. With no one in particular.