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You know it's going to be a good trip when you get this view just five minutes from your front door. Just three hours later I would be in Tekapo........well I would have been if I didn't keep stopping to take more photos!
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There is something very surreal about hoar frost
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My road ahead
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Making my way up into the Lindis Pass
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There is little doubt that guy had the best office view going on Friday ;-)
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Rolling hills of snow and frost. The car said -7, add in wind chill it was......well, cold!
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As I came over the Lindis Pass summit this was the view, wow
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Once upon a time I kayaked on this water.....not today thank you
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Yes, it is as cold as it looks
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but, oh so beautiful
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Somewhere behind all that cloud is Mt Cook. This is now the second trip where I haven't seen her, not impressed!
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I had watched this scene for a while and kept my fingers crossed I could find a suitable spot, luckily I did
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Finally to Tekapo three hours later than i anticipated, wow, what a welcoming view
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Looking at these images it is difficult to believe that just three hours later the whole place was shrouded in fog
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No words needed really
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Yup, it was a cold night
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Church of the Good Shepherd. Looks so peaceful without hundreds of tourists milling around the place
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Enjoying and capturing the view
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Lake Tekapo in strong light as the mist started to lift, spectacular
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A peaceful moment
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Rock emerging from the ice by the lake edge
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Frozen trees emerging from the mist on the shore line
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We were getting hopeful the mist was lifting
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It does make a change from the usual blue sky images of Tekapo
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Felt like I'd stepped into an episode of Game of Thrones........cars and campervan's quickly destroy that illusion though ;-)
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.......and then the mist rolled back in and the views disappeared for another day.....oh well, we'll just have to go back