Panorama 2:1 - NZSI06a southwest

Panorama 2:1 - NZSI06a southwestDriftwood, one of many pieces on the Moeraki beach each with its own story. The South Island of New Zealand is the larger of the two islands by surface area but is less populated. The waters around the island are the Cook Strait, Tasman sea and the Pacific Ocean Running along the Island from North to South are the Southern Alps, home to Fox and Franz Josef glaciers and its highest peak Mount Cook.

hence its name

with highlights in the clouds

Looking through the bars at one of the prisons in Tasmania

Karri Trees often drop their bark at certain times of the year in the Boranup Forest

The Island is diverse in appearance with its Huon forests and waterfalls inland and rugged rocky coastlines

Point Picquet with dawn light as the sunrise takes shape

Sunrise at Meelup with a receding tide

which is on the furthest Southwest corner of the continent

The waters here are notorious for heavy rips and caution must be used when swimming

flows along the ground and cascades over a rocky ledge

To the North of Canal Rocks is Smiths Beach with its long stretch of clean white sand

Triple the pleasure with this display from a section of a much larger waterfall